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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	Ethiopia
Dec 31, 1999	273	64,704	63,575
Dec 31, 2000	274	65,411	65,213
Dec 31, 2001	275	66,167	66,889
Dec 31, 2002	276	66,689	68,649
Dec 31, 2003	278	67,807	70,491
Dec 31, 2004	279	68,480	72,389
Dec 31, 2005	280	69,325	74,327
Dec 31, 2006	281	70,158	76,326
Dec 31, 2007	282	71,040	78,411
Dec 31, 2008	283	71,942	80,564
Dec 31, 2009	285	72,888	82,787
Dec 31, 2010	286	73,826	85,096
Dec 31, 2011	287	74,625	87,530
Dec 31, 2012	288	75,446	90,066
Dec 31, 2013	289	76,418	92,632
Dec 31, 2014	290	77,521	95,337
Dec 31, 2015	291	78,652	98,114
Dec 31, 2016	291	79,700	100,858
Dec 31, 2017	292	80,725	103,654
Dec 31, 2018	293	81,721	106,466
Dec 31, 2019	294	82,685	109,267
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,614	112,100
Dec 31, 2021	295	84,505	114,964
Dec 31, 2022	295	85,108	117,924

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