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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	Hong Kong SAR China	Iran
Dec 31, 1999	273	6,587	64,704
Dec 31, 2000	274	6,646	65,411
Dec 31, 2001	275	6,695	66,167
Dec 31, 2002	276	6,725	66,689
Dec 31, 2003	278	6,712	67,807
Dec 31, 2004	279	6,765	68,480
Dec 31, 2005	280	6,794	69,325
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,838	70,158
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,897	71,040
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,938	71,942
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,953	72,888
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,004	73,826
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,052	74,625
Dec 31, 2012	288	7,130	75,446
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,159	76,418
Dec 31, 2014	290	7,209	77,521
Dec 31, 2015	291	7,271	78,652
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,316	79,700
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,372	80,725
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,432	81,721
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,487	82,685
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,460	83,614
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,392	84,505
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,387	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 Barbados, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.