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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	Afghanistan	Oman	Iran
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	2,348	64,704
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	2,403	65,411
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	2,457	66,167
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	2,510	66,689
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	2,562	67,807
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	2,613	68,480
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	2,663	69,325
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	2,713	70,158
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	2,764	71,040
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	2,816	71,942
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	2,871	72,888
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	2,928	73,826
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	2,986	74,625
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	3,047	75,446
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	3,110	76,418
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	3,174	77,521
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	3,240	78,652
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	3,307	79,700
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	3,375	80,725
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	3,444	81,721
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	3,512	82,685
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	3,582	83,614
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	3,651	84,505
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	3,696	85,108

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

Iran

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 Afghanistan, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.