Population, long-run history: compare countries

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Iran
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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	Cuba
Dec 31, 1999	64,704	11,108
Dec 31, 2000	65,411	11,147
Dec 31, 2001	66,167	11,179
Dec 31, 2002	66,689	11,210
Dec 31, 2003	67,807	11,241
Dec 31, 2004	68,480	11,260
Dec 31, 2005	69,325	11,268
Dec 31, 2006	70,158	11,266
Dec 31, 2007	71,040	11,261
Dec 31, 2008	71,942	11,258
Dec 31, 2009	72,888	11,260
Dec 31, 2010	73,826	11,262
Dec 31, 2011	74,625	11,264
Dec 31, 2012	75,446	11,262
Dec 31, 2013	76,418	11,250
Dec 31, 2014	77,521	11,238
Dec 31, 2015	78,652	11,214
Dec 31, 2016	79,700	11,180
Dec 31, 2017	80,725	11,147
Dec 31, 2018	81,721	11,116
Dec 31, 2019	82,685	11,105
Dec 31, 2020	83,614	11,089
Dec 31, 2021	84,505	11,046
Dec 31, 2022	85,108	11,003

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

Cuba

1690–1895: Santamaria Garcia, A. (2005). Las Cuentas nacionales de Cuba, 1960 - 2005', mimeo
1902–1958: Ward, M. and Devereux, J. (2012), “The Road Not Taken: Pre-Revolutionary Cuban Living Standards in Comparative Perspective” Journal of Economic History, 72(1): 104–132