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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	Lebanon	Barbados	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	3,460	273	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	3,499	274	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	3,554	275	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	3,610	276	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	3,665	278	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	3,721	279	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	3,777	280	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	3,853	281	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	3,954	282	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	4,036	283	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	4,082	285	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	4,097	286	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	4,115	287	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	4,206	288	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	4,696	289	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	5,365	290	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	5,640	291	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	5,688	291	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	5,680	292	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	5,562	293	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	5,331	294	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	4,986	294	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	4,802	295	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	4,713	295	3,876

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

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.