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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	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	23,087	3,460	273
Dec 31, 2000	23,487	3,499	274
Dec 31, 2001	23,887	3,554	275
Dec 31, 2002	24,273	3,610	276
Dec 31, 2003	24,645	3,665	278
Dec 31, 2004	24,989	3,721	279
Dec 31, 2005	25,255	3,777	280
Dec 31, 2006	25,484	3,853	281
Dec 31, 2007	25,732	3,954	282
Dec 31, 2008	25,998	4,036	283
Dec 31, 2009	26,298	4,082	285
Dec 31, 2010	26,664	4,097	286
Dec 31, 2011	27,081	4,115	287
Dec 31, 2012	27,505	4,206	288
Dec 31, 2013	27,917	4,696	289
Dec 31, 2014	28,311	5,365	290
Dec 31, 2015	28,678	5,640	291
Dec 31, 2016	29,034	5,688	291
Dec 31, 2017	29,384	5,680	292
Dec 31, 2018	29,718	5,562	293
Dec 31, 2019	30,057	5,331	294
Dec 31, 2020	30,595	4,986	294
Dec 31, 2021	31,311	4,802	295
Dec 31, 2022	31,845	4,713	295

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, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.