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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	Nepal	Congo - Kinshasa	Lebanon
Dec 31, 1999	23,087	51,181	3,460
Dec 31, 2000	23,487	52,782	3,499
Dec 31, 2001	23,887	54,453	3,554
Dec 31, 2002	24,273	56,170	3,610
Dec 31, 2003	24,645	57,860	3,665
Dec 31, 2004	24,989	59,599	3,721
Dec 31, 2005	25,255	61,474	3,777
Dec 31, 2006	25,484	63,479	3,853
Dec 31, 2007	25,732	65,590	3,954
Dec 31, 2008	25,998	67,800	4,036
Dec 31, 2009	26,298	70,114	4,082
Dec 31, 2010	26,664	72,550	4,097
Dec 31, 2011	27,081	75,138	4,115
Dec 31, 2012	27,505	77,792	4,206
Dec 31, 2013	27,917	80,534	4,696
Dec 31, 2014	28,311	83,368	5,365
Dec 31, 2015	28,678	86,229	5,640
Dec 31, 2016	29,034	89,193	5,688
Dec 31, 2017	29,384	92,209	5,680
Dec 31, 2018	29,718	95,232	5,562
Dec 31, 2019	30,057	98,320	5,331
Dec 31, 2020	30,595	101,499	4,986
Dec 31, 2021	31,311	104,767	4,802
Dec 31, 2022	31,845	108,171	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 Nepal, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.