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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	Senegal	Lebanon
Dec 31, 1999	277	10,070	3,460
Dec 31, 2000	281	10,305	3,499
Dec 31, 2001	285	10,576	3,554
Dec 31, 2002	288	10,864	3,610
Dec 31, 2003	289	11,172	3,665
Dec 31, 2004	293	11,498	3,721
Dec 31, 2005	296	11,839	3,777
Dec 31, 2006	304	12,204	3,853
Dec 31, 2007	311	12,584	3,954
Dec 31, 2008	319	12,978	4,036
Dec 31, 2009	319	13,382	4,082
Dec 31, 2010	318	13,794	4,097
Dec 31, 2011	319	14,226	4,115
Dec 31, 2012	321	14,668	4,206
Dec 31, 2013	324	15,121	4,696
Dec 31, 2014	327	15,589	5,365
Dec 31, 2015	331	16,066	5,640
Dec 31, 2016	335	16,549	5,688
Dec 31, 2017	343	17,044	5,680
Dec 31, 2018	353	17,535	5,562
Dec 31, 2019	361	18,021	5,331
Dec 31, 2020	366	18,518	4,986
Dec 31, 2021	372	19,016	4,802
Dec 31, 2022	380	19,512	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

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 Senegal; the database as a whole is cited above.