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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Albania	Lebanon
Dec 31, 1999	138	3,085	3,460
Dec 31, 2000	141	3,065	3,499
Dec 31, 2001	144	3,047	3,554
Dec 31, 2002	147	3,038	3,610
Dec 31, 2003	151	3,026	3,665
Dec 31, 2004	154	3,014	3,721
Dec 31, 2005	158	2,998	3,777
Dec 31, 2006	161	2,979	3,853
Dec 31, 2007	165	2,957	3,954
Dec 31, 2008	168	2,934	4,036
Dec 31, 2009	172	2,915	4,082
Dec 31, 2010	176	2,900	4,097
Dec 31, 2011	180	2,892	4,115
Dec 31, 2012	183	2,888	4,206
Dec 31, 2013	187	2,882	4,696
Dec 31, 2014	190	2,876	5,365
Dec 31, 2015	194	2,868	5,640
Dec 31, 2016	198	2,863	5,688
Dec 31, 2017	201	2,861	5,680
Dec 31, 2018	204	2,854	5,562
Dec 31, 2019	208	2,842	5,331
Dec 31, 2020	212	2,825	4,986
Dec 31, 2021	216	2,799	4,802
Dec 31, 2022	220	2,787	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 São Tomé & Príncipe, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.