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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date MoroccoBurkina FasoLebanon
28,40011,0753,460
28,74411,4053,499
29,09411,8283,554
29,44712,3803,610
29,80612,8293,665
30,16913,1783,721
30,55213,5403,777
30,95313,9173,853
31,35414,3093,954
31,75414,7224,036
32,15415,1524,082
32,55315,6004,097
32,95116,0644,115
33,34616,5634,206
33,73717,0724,696
34,12417,5755,365
34,51118,0945,640
34,89818,6215,688
35,27919,1575,680
35,65319,6985,562
36,01820,2425,331
36,37520,7884,986
36,72321,3364,802
37,10121,8894,713

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