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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	Yemen	Iran
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	16,728	64,704
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	17,236	65,411
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	17,762	66,167
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	18,310	66,689
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	18,855	67,807
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	19,410	68,480
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	20,000	69,325
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	20,611	70,158
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	21,236	71,040
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	21,878	71,942
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	22,533	72,888
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	23,195	73,826
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	23,880	74,625
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	24,594	75,446
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	25,311	76,418
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	26,020	77,521
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	26,698	78,652
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	27,347	79,700
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	27,985	80,725
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	28,608	81,721
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	29,216	82,685
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	29,811	83,614
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	30,399	84,505
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	31,058	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, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.