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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	Turkmenistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	64,704	4,324
Dec 31, 2000	274	65,411	4,385
Dec 31, 2001	275	66,167	4,444
Dec 31, 2002	276	66,689	4,502
Dec 31, 2003	278	67,807	4,556
Dec 31, 2004	279	68,480	4,608
Dec 31, 2005	280	69,325	4,664
Dec 31, 2006	281	70,158	4,719
Dec 31, 2007	282	71,040	4,773
Dec 31, 2008	283	71,942	4,828
Dec 31, 2009	285	72,888	4,884
Dec 31, 2010	286	73,826	4,940
Dec 31, 2011	287	74,625	4,996
Dec 31, 2012	288	75,446	5,053
Dec 31, 2013	289	76,418	5,110
Dec 31, 2014	290	77,521	5,169
Dec 31, 2015	291	78,652	5,227
Dec 31, 2016	291	79,700	5,287
Dec 31, 2017	292	80,725	5,346
Dec 31, 2018	293	81,721	5,405
Dec 31, 2019	294	82,685	5,464
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,614	5,522
Dec 31, 2021	295	84,505	5,579
Dec 31, 2022	295	85,108	5,657

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