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

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