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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	Iceland	Burkina Faso	Lebanon	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	277	11,075	3,460	433
Dec 31, 2000	281	11,405	3,499	438
Dec 31, 2001	285	11,828	3,554	443
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,380	3,610	448
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,829	3,665	454
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,178	3,721	460
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,540	3,777	467
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,917	3,853	474
Dec 31, 2007	311	14,309	3,954	482
Dec 31, 2008	319	14,722	4,036	491
Dec 31, 2009	319	15,152	4,082	500
Dec 31, 2010	318	15,600	4,097	509
Dec 31, 2011	319	16,064	4,115	521
Dec 31, 2012	321	16,563	4,206	533
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,072	4,696	547
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,575	5,365	560
Dec 31, 2015	331	18,094	5,640	571
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,621	5,688	586
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,157	5,680	599
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,698	5,562	610
Dec 31, 2019	361	20,242	5,331	623
Dec 31, 2020	366	20,788	4,986	633
Dec 31, 2021	372	21,336	4,802	643
Dec 31, 2022	380	21,889	4,713	651

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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 Burkina Faso, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.