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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	Sudan	Congo - Kinshasa	Iran
Dec 31, 1999	273	26,168	51,181	64,704
Dec 31, 2000	274	26,771	52,782	65,411
Dec 31, 2001	275	27,387	54,453	66,167
Dec 31, 2002	276	28,017	56,170	66,689
Dec 31, 2003	278	28,662	57,860	67,807
Dec 31, 2004	279	29,321	59,599	68,480
Dec 31, 2005	280	29,996	61,474	69,325
Dec 31, 2006	281	30,686	63,479	70,158
Dec 31, 2007	282	31,393	65,590	71,040
Dec 31, 2008	283	32,137	67,800	71,942
Dec 31, 2009	285	33,078	70,114	72,888
Dec 31, 2010	286	33,891	72,550	73,826
Dec 31, 2011	287	34,568	75,138	74,625
Dec 31, 2012	288	35,293	77,792	75,446
Dec 31, 2013	289	36,093	80,534	76,418
Dec 31, 2014	290	37,058	83,368	77,521
Dec 31, 2015	291	38,165	86,229	78,652
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,294	89,193	79,700
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,512	92,209	80,725
Dec 31, 2018	293	41,764	95,232	81,721
Dec 31, 2019	294	42,952	98,320	82,685
Dec 31, 2020	294	44,121	101,499	83,614
Dec 31, 2021	295	45,290	104,767	84,505
Dec 31, 2022	295	46,498	108,171	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, Sudan, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.