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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	Iceland	Malta	Iran
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	387	64,704
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	390	65,411
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	393	66,167
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	396	66,689
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	398	67,807
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	401	68,480
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	404	69,325
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	405	70,158
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	406	71,040
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	409	71,942
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	412	72,888
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	414	73,826
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	416	74,625
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	420	75,446
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	426	76,418
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	435	77,521
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	445	78,652
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	455	79,700
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	468	80,725
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	485	81,721
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	504	82,685
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	516	83,614
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	518	84,505
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	530	85,108

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.

All data sources

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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