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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	Yemen	Lebanon
Dec 31, 1999	433	16,728	3,460
Dec 31, 2000	438	17,236	3,499
Dec 31, 2001	443	17,762	3,554
Dec 31, 2002	448	18,310	3,610
Dec 31, 2003	454	18,855	3,665
Dec 31, 2004	460	19,410	3,721
Dec 31, 2005	467	20,000	3,777
Dec 31, 2006	474	20,611	3,853
Dec 31, 2007	482	21,236	3,954
Dec 31, 2008	491	21,878	4,036
Dec 31, 2009	500	22,533	4,082
Dec 31, 2010	509	23,195	4,097
Dec 31, 2011	521	23,880	4,115
Dec 31, 2012	533	24,594	4,206
Dec 31, 2013	547	25,311	4,696
Dec 31, 2014	560	26,020	5,365
Dec 31, 2015	571	26,698	5,640
Dec 31, 2016	586	27,347	5,688
Dec 31, 2017	599	27,985	5,680
Dec 31, 2018	610	28,608	5,562
Dec 31, 2019	623	29,216	5,331
Dec 31, 2020	633	29,811	4,986
Dec 31, 2021	643	30,399	4,802
Dec 31, 2022	651	31,058	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.

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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 Luxembourg, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.