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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	Ghana	Lebanon
Dec 31, 1999	19,327	3,460
Dec 31, 2000	19,792	3,499
Dec 31, 2001	20,280	3,554
Dec 31, 2002	20,806	3,610
Dec 31, 2003	21,350	3,665
Dec 31, 2004	21,900	3,721
Dec 31, 2005	22,469	3,777
Dec 31, 2006	23,058	3,853
Dec 31, 2007	23,661	3,954
Dec 31, 2008	24,270	4,036
Dec 31, 2009	24,899	4,082
Dec 31, 2010	25,559	4,097
Dec 31, 2011	26,244	4,115
Dec 31, 2012	26,945	4,206
Dec 31, 2013	27,664	4,696
Dec 31, 2014	28,405	5,365
Dec 31, 2015	29,146	5,640
Dec 31, 2016	29,879	5,688
Dec 31, 2017	30,617	5,680
Dec 31, 2018	31,362	5,562
Dec 31, 2019	32,111	5,331
Dec 31, 2020	32,864	4,986
Dec 31, 2021	33,622	4,802
Dec 31, 2022	34,280	4,713

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.

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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

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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