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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	Iran	Burkina Faso	Oman	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	64,704	11,075	2,348	273
Dec 31, 2000	65,411	11,405	2,403	274
Dec 31, 2001	66,167	11,828	2,457	275
Dec 31, 2002	66,689	12,380	2,510	276
Dec 31, 2003	67,807	12,829	2,562	278
Dec 31, 2004	68,480	13,178	2,613	279
Dec 31, 2005	69,325	13,540	2,663	280
Dec 31, 2006	70,158	13,917	2,713	281
Dec 31, 2007	71,040	14,309	2,764	282
Dec 31, 2008	71,942	14,722	2,816	283
Dec 31, 2009	72,888	15,152	2,871	285
Dec 31, 2010	73,826	15,600	2,928	286
Dec 31, 2011	74,625	16,064	2,986	287
Dec 31, 2012	75,446	16,563	3,047	288
Dec 31, 2013	76,418	17,072	3,110	289
Dec 31, 2014	77,521	17,575	3,174	290
Dec 31, 2015	78,652	18,094	3,240	291
Dec 31, 2016	79,700	18,621	3,307	291
Dec 31, 2017	80,725	19,157	3,375	292
Dec 31, 2018	81,721	19,698	3,444	293
Dec 31, 2019	82,685	20,242	3,512	294
Dec 31, 2020	83,614	20,788	3,582	294
Dec 31, 2021	84,505	21,336	3,651	295
Dec 31, 2022	85,108	21,889	3,696	295

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 Burkina Faso, Oman, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.