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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	Chad
Dec 31, 1999	273	64,704	7,559
Dec 31, 2000	274	65,411	7,821
Dec 31, 2001	275	66,167	8,092
Dec 31, 2002	276	66,689	8,395
Dec 31, 2003	278	67,807	8,763
Dec 31, 2004	279	68,480	9,191
Dec 31, 2005	280	69,325	9,594
Dec 31, 2006	281	70,158	9,967
Dec 31, 2007	282	71,040	10,338
Dec 31, 2008	283	71,942	10,728
Dec 31, 2009	285	72,888	11,139
Dec 31, 2010	286	73,826	11,550
Dec 31, 2011	287	74,625	11,983
Dec 31, 2012	288	75,446	12,427
Dec 31, 2013	289	76,418	12,895
Dec 31, 2014	290	77,521	13,379
Dec 31, 2015	291	78,652	13,823
Dec 31, 2016	291	79,700	14,277
Dec 31, 2017	292	80,725	14,765
Dec 31, 2018	293	81,721	15,252
Dec 31, 2019	294	82,685	15,750
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,614	16,257
Dec 31, 2021	295	84,505	16,776
Dec 31, 2022	295	85,108	17,307

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