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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	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	273	64,704	138
Dec 31, 2000	274	65,411	141
Dec 31, 2001	275	66,167	144
Dec 31, 2002	276	66,689	147
Dec 31, 2003	278	67,807	151
Dec 31, 2004	279	68,480	154
Dec 31, 2005	280	69,325	158
Dec 31, 2006	281	70,158	161
Dec 31, 2007	282	71,040	165
Dec 31, 2008	283	71,942	168
Dec 31, 2009	285	72,888	172
Dec 31, 2010	286	73,826	176
Dec 31, 2011	287	74,625	180
Dec 31, 2012	288	75,446	183
Dec 31, 2013	289	76,418	187
Dec 31, 2014	290	77,521	190
Dec 31, 2015	291	78,652	194
Dec 31, 2016	291	79,700	198
Dec 31, 2017	292	80,725	201
Dec 31, 2018	293	81,721	204
Dec 31, 2019	294	82,685	208
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,614	212
Dec 31, 2021	295	84,505	216
Dec 31, 2022	295	85,108	220

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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.