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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	Burkina Faso	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	3,460	11,075	138
Dec 31, 2000	3,499	11,405	141
Dec 31, 2001	3,554	11,828	144
Dec 31, 2002	3,610	12,380	147
Dec 31, 2003	3,665	12,829	151
Dec 31, 2004	3,721	13,178	154
Dec 31, 2005	3,777	13,540	158
Dec 31, 2006	3,853	13,917	161
Dec 31, 2007	3,954	14,309	165
Dec 31, 2008	4,036	14,722	168
Dec 31, 2009	4,082	15,152	172
Dec 31, 2010	4,097	15,600	176
Dec 31, 2011	4,115	16,064	180
Dec 31, 2012	4,206	16,563	183
Dec 31, 2013	4,696	17,072	187
Dec 31, 2014	5,365	17,575	190
Dec 31, 2015	5,640	18,094	194
Dec 31, 2016	5,688	18,621	198
Dec 31, 2017	5,680	19,157	201
Dec 31, 2018	5,562	19,698	204
Dec 31, 2019	5,331	20,242	208
Dec 31, 2020	4,986	20,788	212
Dec 31, 2021	4,802	21,336	216
Dec 31, 2022	4,713	21,889	220

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

No separate list is published for Burkina Faso, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.