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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	Barbados	Congo - Kinshasa	Iran	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	64,704	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	65,411	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	66,167	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	66,689	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	67,807	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	68,480	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	69,325	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	70,158	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	71,040	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	71,942	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	72,888	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	73,826	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	74,625	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	75,446	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	76,418	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	77,521	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	78,652	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	79,700	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	80,725	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	81,721	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	82,685	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	83,614	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	84,505	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	85,108	2,559

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.

All data sources

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 Barbados, Congo - Kinshasa, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.