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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	Uzbekistan	Iran
Dec 31, 1999	273	24,701	64,704
Dec 31, 2000	274	25,042	65,411
Dec 31, 2001	275	25,372	66,167
Dec 31, 2002	276	25,696	66,689
Dec 31, 2003	278	25,992	67,807
Dec 31, 2004	279	26,268	68,480
Dec 31, 2005	280	26,540	69,325
Dec 31, 2006	281	26,812	70,158
Dec 31, 2007	282	27,081	71,040
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,347	71,942
Dec 31, 2009	285	27,609	72,888
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,869	73,826
Dec 31, 2011	287	28,132	74,625
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,398	75,446
Dec 31, 2013	289	28,666	76,418
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,934	77,521
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,205	78,652
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,480	79,700
Dec 31, 2017	292	29,756	80,725
Dec 31, 2018	293	30,031	81,721
Dec 31, 2019	294	30,305	82,685
Dec 31, 2020	294	30,576	83,614
Dec 31, 2021	295	30,843	84,505
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,337	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, Uzbekistan; the database as a whole is cited above.