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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	Moldova	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	64,704	4,244	627
Dec 31, 2000	65,411	4,199	659
Dec 31, 2001	66,167	4,154	691
Dec 31, 2002	66,689	4,108	724
Dec 31, 2003	67,807	4,059	757
Dec 31, 2004	68,480	4,013	850
Dec 31, 2005	69,325	3,966	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	70,158	3,919	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	71,040	3,873	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	71,942	3,829	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	72,888	3,788	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	73,826	3,748	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	74,625	3,709	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	75,446	3,671	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	76,418	3,633	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	77,521	3,595	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	78,652	3,558	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	79,700	3,522	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	80,725	3,485	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	81,721	3,448	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	82,685	3,412	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	83,614	3,376	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	84,505	3,339	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	85,108	3,570	2,559

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 Moldova, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.