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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	Romania	Oman	Lebanon
Dec 31, 1999	433	22,414	2,348	3,460
Dec 31, 2000	438	22,262	2,403	3,499
Dec 31, 2001	443	22,106	2,457	3,554
Dec 31, 2002	448	21,931	2,510	3,610
Dec 31, 2003	454	21,828	2,562	3,665
Dec 31, 2004	460	21,704	2,613	3,721
Dec 31, 2005	467	21,571	2,663	3,777
Dec 31, 2006	474	21,443	2,713	3,853
Dec 31, 2007	482	21,129	2,764	3,954
Dec 31, 2008	491	20,779	2,816	4,036
Dec 31, 2009	500	20,607	2,871	4,082
Dec 31, 2010	509	20,485	2,928	4,097
Dec 31, 2011	521	20,385	2,986	4,115
Dec 31, 2012	533	20,296	3,047	4,206
Dec 31, 2013	547	20,224	3,110	4,696
Dec 31, 2014	560	20,151	3,174	5,365
Dec 31, 2015	571	20,055	3,240	5,640
Dec 31, 2016	586	19,938	3,307	5,688
Dec 31, 2017	599	19,823	3,375	5,680
Dec 31, 2018	610	19,713	3,444	5,562
Dec 31, 2019	623	19,622	3,512	5,331
Dec 31, 2020	633	19,496	3,582	4,986
Dec 31, 2021	643	19,351	3,651	4,802
Dec 31, 2022	651	19,266	3,696	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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.