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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	Oman	Iran	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,348	64,704	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,403	65,411	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,457	66,167	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,510	66,689	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,562	67,807	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,613	68,480	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,663	69,325	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,713	70,158	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,764	71,040	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,816	71,942	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,871	72,888	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,928	73,826	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,986	74,625	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,047	75,446	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,110	76,418	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,174	77,521	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,240	78,652	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,307	79,700	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,375	80,725	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,444	81,721	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,512	82,685	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,582	83,614	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,651	84,505	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,696	85,108	651

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