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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	Iran	Burkina Faso	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	64,704	11,075	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	65,411	11,405	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	66,167	11,828	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	66,689	12,380	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	67,807	12,829	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	68,480	13,178	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	69,325	13,540	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	70,158	13,917	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	71,040	14,309	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	71,942	14,722	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	72,888	15,152	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	73,826	15,600	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	74,625	16,064	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	75,446	16,563	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	76,418	17,072	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	77,521	17,575	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	78,652	18,094	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	79,700	18,621	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	80,725	19,157	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	81,721	19,698	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	82,685	20,242	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,614	20,788	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	84,505	21,336	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	85,108	21,889	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, Burkina Faso, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.