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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Lebanon
Dec 31, 1999	277	138	3,460
Dec 31, 2000	281	141	3,499
Dec 31, 2001	285	144	3,554
Dec 31, 2002	288	147	3,610
Dec 31, 2003	289	151	3,665
Dec 31, 2004	293	154	3,721
Dec 31, 2005	296	158	3,777
Dec 31, 2006	304	161	3,853
Dec 31, 2007	311	165	3,954
Dec 31, 2008	319	168	4,036
Dec 31, 2009	319	172	4,082
Dec 31, 2010	318	176	4,097
Dec 31, 2011	319	180	4,115
Dec 31, 2012	321	183	4,206
Dec 31, 2013	324	187	4,696
Dec 31, 2014	327	190	5,365
Dec 31, 2015	331	194	5,640
Dec 31, 2016	335	198	5,688
Dec 31, 2017	343	201	5,680
Dec 31, 2018	353	204	5,562
Dec 31, 2019	361	208	5,331
Dec 31, 2020	366	212	4,986
Dec 31, 2021	372	216	4,802
Dec 31, 2022	380	220	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.

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 São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.