Population, long-run history: compare countries

See Population, long-run history for up to four countries side by side.

Countries being compared

Add a country

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	Trinidad & Tobago
Dec 31, 1999	3,460	11,075	1,301
Dec 31, 2000	3,499	11,405	1,303
Dec 31, 2001	3,554	11,828	1,308
Dec 31, 2002	3,610	12,380	1,314
Dec 31, 2003	3,665	12,829	1,320
Dec 31, 2004	3,721	13,178	1,326
Dec 31, 2005	3,777	13,540	1,332
Dec 31, 2006	3,853	13,917	1,338
Dec 31, 2007	3,954	14,309	1,344
Dec 31, 2008	4,036	14,722	1,352
Dec 31, 2009	4,082	15,152	1,359
Dec 31, 2010	4,097	15,600	1,365
Dec 31, 2011	4,115	16,064	1,372
Dec 31, 2012	4,206	16,563	1,379
Dec 31, 2013	4,696	17,072	1,386
Dec 31, 2014	5,365	17,575	1,392
Dec 31, 2015	5,640	18,094	1,399
Dec 31, 2016	5,688	18,621	1,405
Dec 31, 2017	5,680	19,157	1,411
Dec 31, 2018	5,562	19,698	1,436
Dec 31, 2019	5,331	20,242	1,452
Dec 31, 2020	4,986	20,788	1,448
Dec 31, 2021	4,802	21,336	1,450
Dec 31, 2022	4,713	21,889	1,456

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

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, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.