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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	Lebanon	Botswana
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,460	1,630
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,499	1,665
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,554	1,698
Dec 31, 2002	288	3,610	1,730
Dec 31, 2003	289	3,665	1,761
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,721	1,792
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,777	1,824
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,853	1,857
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,954	1,890
Dec 31, 2008	319	4,036	1,923
Dec 31, 2009	319	4,082	1,956
Dec 31, 2010	318	4,097	1,990
Dec 31, 2011	319	4,115	2,023
Dec 31, 2012	321	4,206	2,057
Dec 31, 2013	324	4,696	2,091
Dec 31, 2014	327	5,365	2,125
Dec 31, 2015	331	5,640	2,159
Dec 31, 2016	335	5,688	2,194
Dec 31, 2017	343	5,680	2,228
Dec 31, 2018	353	5,562	2,262
Dec 31, 2019	361	5,331	2,297
Dec 31, 2020	366	4,986	2,331
Dec 31, 2021	372	4,802	2,365
Dec 31, 2022	380	4,713	2,403

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

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 Botswana; the database as a whole is cited above.