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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	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	273	64,704	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	274	65,411	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	275	66,167	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	276	66,689	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	278	67,807	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	279	68,480	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	280	69,325	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	281	70,158	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	282	71,040	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	283	71,942	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	285	72,888	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	286	73,826	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	287	74,625	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	288	75,446	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	289	76,418	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	290	77,521	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	291	78,652	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	79,700	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	292	80,725	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	293	81,721	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	294	82,685	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,614	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	295	84,505	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	295	85,108	29,417

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