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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	Zambia	Lebanon	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	3,460	277
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	3,499	281
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	3,554	285
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	3,610	288
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	3,665	289
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	3,721	293
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	3,777	296
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	3,853	304
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	3,954	311
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	4,036	319
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	4,082	319
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	4,097	318
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	4,115	319
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	4,206	321
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	4,696	324
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	5,365	327
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	5,640	331
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	5,688	335
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	5,680	343
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	5,562	353
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	5,331	361
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	4,986	366
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	4,802	372
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	4,713	380

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

Zambia

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.