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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	Paraguay	Lebanon	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	5,366	3,460	138
Dec 31, 2000	5,473	3,499	141
Dec 31, 2001	5,579	3,554	144
Dec 31, 2002	5,683	3,610	147
Dec 31, 2003	5,786	3,665	151
Dec 31, 2004	5,886	3,721	154
Dec 31, 2005	5,984	3,777	158
Dec 31, 2006	6,080	3,853	161
Dec 31, 2007	6,173	3,954	165
Dec 31, 2008	6,264	4,036	168
Dec 31, 2009	6,352	4,082	172
Dec 31, 2010	6,438	4,097	176
Dec 31, 2011	6,522	4,115	180
Dec 31, 2012	6,605	4,206	183
Dec 31, 2013	6,688	4,696	187
Dec 31, 2014	6,769	5,365	190
Dec 31, 2015	6,850	5,640	194
Dec 31, 2016	6,930	5,688	198
Dec 31, 2017	7,012	5,680	201
Dec 31, 2018	7,095	5,562	204
Dec 31, 2019	7,179	5,331	208
Dec 31, 2020	7,263	4,986	212
Dec 31, 2021	7,348	4,802	216
Dec 31, 2022	7,432	4,713	220

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 Paraguay, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.