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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	Luxembourg	Oman	Burkina Faso	Lebanon
Dec 31, 1999	433	2,348	11,075	3,460
Dec 31, 2000	438	2,403	11,405	3,499
Dec 31, 2001	443	2,457	11,828	3,554
Dec 31, 2002	448	2,510	12,380	3,610
Dec 31, 2003	454	2,562	12,829	3,665
Dec 31, 2004	460	2,613	13,178	3,721
Dec 31, 2005	467	2,663	13,540	3,777
Dec 31, 2006	474	2,713	13,917	3,853
Dec 31, 2007	482	2,764	14,309	3,954
Dec 31, 2008	491	2,816	14,722	4,036
Dec 31, 2009	500	2,871	15,152	4,082
Dec 31, 2010	509	2,928	15,600	4,097
Dec 31, 2011	521	2,986	16,064	4,115
Dec 31, 2012	533	3,047	16,563	4,206
Dec 31, 2013	547	3,110	17,072	4,696
Dec 31, 2014	560	3,174	17,575	5,365
Dec 31, 2015	571	3,240	18,094	5,640
Dec 31, 2016	586	3,307	18,621	5,688
Dec 31, 2017	599	3,375	19,157	5,680
Dec 31, 2018	610	3,444	19,698	5,562
Dec 31, 2019	623	3,512	20,242	5,331
Dec 31, 2020	633	3,582	20,788	4,986
Dec 31, 2021	643	3,651	21,336	4,802
Dec 31, 2022	651	3,696	21,889	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

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 Luxembourg, Oman, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.