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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	Lesotho	Iran
Dec 31, 1999	273	1,908	64,704
Dec 31, 2000	274	1,916	65,411
Dec 31, 2001	275	1,922	66,167
Dec 31, 2002	276	1,926	66,689
Dec 31, 2003	278	1,926	67,807
Dec 31, 2004	279	1,925	68,480
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,922	69,325
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,919	70,158
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,917	71,040
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,915	71,942
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,916	72,888
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,920	73,826
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,925	74,625
Dec 31, 2012	288	1,930	75,446
Dec 31, 2013	289	1,936	76,418
Dec 31, 2014	290	1,942	77,521
Dec 31, 2015	291	1,948	78,652
Dec 31, 2016	291	1,953	79,700
Dec 31, 2017	292	1,958	80,725
Dec 31, 2018	293	1,962	81,721
Dec 31, 2019	294	1,987	82,685
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,013	83,614
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,037	84,505
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,059	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.

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