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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	Senegal
Dec 31, 1999	273	64,704	10,070
Dec 31, 2000	274	65,411	10,305
Dec 31, 2001	275	66,167	10,576
Dec 31, 2002	276	66,689	10,864
Dec 31, 2003	278	67,807	11,172
Dec 31, 2004	279	68,480	11,498
Dec 31, 2005	280	69,325	11,839
Dec 31, 2006	281	70,158	12,204
Dec 31, 2007	282	71,040	12,584
Dec 31, 2008	283	71,942	12,978
Dec 31, 2009	285	72,888	13,382
Dec 31, 2010	286	73,826	13,794
Dec 31, 2011	287	74,625	14,226
Dec 31, 2012	288	75,446	14,668
Dec 31, 2013	289	76,418	15,121
Dec 31, 2014	290	77,521	15,589
Dec 31, 2015	291	78,652	16,066
Dec 31, 2016	291	79,700	16,549
Dec 31, 2017	292	80,725	17,044
Dec 31, 2018	293	81,721	17,535
Dec 31, 2019	294	82,685	18,021
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,614	18,518
Dec 31, 2021	295	84,505	19,016
Dec 31, 2022	295	85,108	19,512

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