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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosDenmarkOmanIran
2735,3222,34864,704
2745,3392,40365,411
2755,3582,45766,167
2765,3772,51066,689
2785,3912,56267,807
2795,4042,61368,480
2805,4202,66369,325
2815,4382,71370,158
2825,4612,76471,040
2835,4942,81671,942
2855,5242,87172,888
2865,5482,92873,826
2875,5712,98674,625
2885,5923,04775,446
2895,6143,11076,418
2905,6443,17477,521
2915,6833,24078,652
2915,7303,30779,700
2925,7663,37580,725
2935,7953,44481,721
2945,8183,51282,685
2945,8313,58283,614
2955,8553,65184,505
2955,9073,69685,108

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.

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