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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	Malta	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	3,460	387	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	3,499	390	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	3,554	393	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	3,610	396	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	3,665	398	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	3,721	401	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	3,777	404	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	3,853	405	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	3,954	406	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	4,036	409	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	4,082	412	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	4,097	414	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	4,115	416	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	4,206	420	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	4,696	426	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	5,365	435	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	5,640	445	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	5,688	455	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	5,680	468	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	5,562	485	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	5,331	504	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	4,986	516	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	4,802	518	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	4,713	530	108,171

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 Malta, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.