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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	Botswana
Dec 31, 1999	273	64,704	1,630
Dec 31, 2000	274	65,411	1,665
Dec 31, 2001	275	66,167	1,698
Dec 31, 2002	276	66,689	1,730
Dec 31, 2003	278	67,807	1,761
Dec 31, 2004	279	68,480	1,792
Dec 31, 2005	280	69,325	1,824
Dec 31, 2006	281	70,158	1,857
Dec 31, 2007	282	71,040	1,890
Dec 31, 2008	283	71,942	1,923
Dec 31, 2009	285	72,888	1,956
Dec 31, 2010	286	73,826	1,990
Dec 31, 2011	287	74,625	2,023
Dec 31, 2012	288	75,446	2,057
Dec 31, 2013	289	76,418	2,091
Dec 31, 2014	290	77,521	2,125
Dec 31, 2015	291	78,652	2,159
Dec 31, 2016	291	79,700	2,194
Dec 31, 2017	292	80,725	2,228
Dec 31, 2018	293	81,721	2,262
Dec 31, 2019	294	82,685	2,297
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,614	2,331
Dec 31, 2021	295	84,505	2,365
Dec 31, 2022	295	85,108	2,403

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