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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date ChileOmanIran
15,1402,34864,704
15,3402,40365,411
15,5132,45766,167
15,6862,51066,689
15,8592,56267,807
16,0292,61368,480
16,2222,66369,325
16,3642,71370,158
16,5362,76471,040
16,7002,81671,942
16,8642,87172,888
16,9992,92873,826
17,1892,98674,625
17,3783,04775,446
17,5453,11076,418
17,7203,17477,521
17,9043,24078,652
18,0993,30779,700
18,3503,37580,725
18,6813,44481,721
19,0353,51282,685
19,3853,58283,614
19,6043,65184,505
19,7153,69685,108

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

Chile

  • 1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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 Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.