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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	Nigeria	Iran
Dec 31, 1999	273	121,649	64,704
Dec 31, 2000	274	125,014	65,411
Dec 31, 2001	275	128,513	66,167
Dec 31, 2002	276	132,165	66,689
Dec 31, 2003	278	135,971	67,807
Dec 31, 2004	279	139,900	68,480
Dec 31, 2005	280	143,914	69,325
Dec 31, 2006	281	148,019	70,158
Dec 31, 2007	282	152,195	71,040
Dec 31, 2008	283	156,434	71,942
Dec 31, 2009	285	160,751	72,888
Dec 31, 2010	286	165,142	73,826
Dec 31, 2011	287	169,607	74,625
Dec 31, 2012	288	174,142	75,446
Dec 31, 2013	289	178,737	76,418
Dec 31, 2014	290	183,362	77,521
Dec 31, 2015	291	187,979	78,652
Dec 31, 2016	291	192,594	79,700
Dec 31, 2017	292	197,417	80,725
Dec 31, 2018	293	202,498	81,721
Dec 31, 2019	294	207,699	82,685
Dec 31, 2020	294	213,021	83,614
Dec 31, 2021	295	218,473	84,505
Dec 31, 2022	295	223,735	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

Nigeria

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.