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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	Bahrain
Dec 31, 1999	273	64,704	633
Dec 31, 2000	274	65,411	648
Dec 31, 2001	275	66,167	665
Dec 31, 2002	276	66,689	707
Dec 31, 2003	278	67,807	773
Dec 31, 2004	279	68,480	839
Dec 31, 2005	280	69,325	907
Dec 31, 2006	281	70,158	974
Dec 31, 2007	282	71,040	1,043
Dec 31, 2008	283	71,942	1,096
Dec 31, 2009	285	72,888	1,133
Dec 31, 2010	286	73,826	1,168
Dec 31, 2011	287	74,625	1,202
Dec 31, 2012	288	75,446	1,236
Dec 31, 2013	289	76,418	1,268
Dec 31, 2014	290	77,521	1,301
Dec 31, 2015	291	78,652	1,333
Dec 31, 2016	291	79,700	1,365
Dec 31, 2017	292	80,725	1,396
Dec 31, 2018	293	81,721	1,428
Dec 31, 2019	294	82,685	1,459
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,614	1,489
Dec 31, 2021	295	84,505	1,511
Dec 31, 2022	295	85,108	1,521

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, Bahrain; the database as a whole is cited above.