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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	Lebanon
Dec 31, 1999	23,087	3,460
Dec 31, 2000	23,487	3,499
Dec 31, 2001	23,887	3,554
Dec 31, 2002	24,273	3,610
Dec 31, 2003	24,645	3,665
Dec 31, 2004	24,989	3,721
Dec 31, 2005	25,255	3,777
Dec 31, 2006	25,484	3,853
Dec 31, 2007	25,732	3,954
Dec 31, 2008	25,998	4,036
Dec 31, 2009	26,298	4,082
Dec 31, 2010	26,664	4,097
Dec 31, 2011	27,081	4,115
Dec 31, 2012	27,505	4,206
Dec 31, 2013	27,917	4,696
Dec 31, 2014	28,311	5,365
Dec 31, 2015	28,678	5,640
Dec 31, 2016	29,034	5,688
Dec 31, 2017	29,384	5,680
Dec 31, 2018	29,718	5,562
Dec 31, 2019	30,057	5,331
Dec 31, 2020	30,595	4,986
Dec 31, 2021	31,311	4,802
Dec 31, 2022	31,845	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; the database as a whole is cited above.