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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominica	Lebanon	Oman	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	70	3,460	2,348	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	71	3,499	2,403	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	71	3,554	2,457	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	72	3,610	2,510	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	72	3,665	2,562	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	72	3,721	2,613	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	72	3,777	2,663	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	72	3,853	2,713	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	72	3,954	2,764	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	73	4,036	2,816	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	73	4,082	2,871	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	73	4,097	2,928	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	73	4,115	2,986	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	73	4,206	3,047	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	73	4,696	3,110	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	73	5,365	3,174	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	74	5,640	3,240	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	74	5,688	3,307	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	74	5,680	3,375	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	74	5,562	3,444	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	75	5,331	3,512	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	75	4,986	3,582	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	76	4,802	3,651	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	76	4,713	3,696	108,171

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Lebanon

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

No separate list is published for Dominica, Oman, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.