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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	Malta	Oman	Iran
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	2,348	64,704
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	2,403	65,411
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	2,457	66,167
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	2,510	66,689
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	2,562	67,807
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	2,613	68,480
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	2,663	69,325
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	2,713	70,158
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	2,764	71,040
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	2,816	71,942
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	2,871	72,888
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	2,928	73,826
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	2,986	74,625
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	3,047	75,446
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	3,110	76,418
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	3,174	77,521
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	3,240	78,652
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	3,307	79,700
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	3,375	80,725
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	3,444	81,721
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	3,512	82,685
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	3,582	83,614
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	3,651	84,505
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	3,696	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

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