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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	Mongolia
Dec 31, 1999	64,704	2,433
Dec 31, 2000	65,411	2,461
Dec 31, 2001	66,167	2,489
Dec 31, 2002	66,689	2,519
Dec 31, 2003	67,807	2,547
Dec 31, 2004	68,480	2,574
Dec 31, 2005	69,325	2,602
Dec 31, 2006	70,158	2,633
Dec 31, 2007	71,040	2,666
Dec 31, 2008	71,942	2,702
Dec 31, 2009	72,888	2,741
Dec 31, 2010	73,826	2,783
Dec 31, 2011	74,625	2,827
Dec 31, 2012	75,446	2,870
Dec 31, 2013	76,418	2,912
Dec 31, 2014	77,521	2,953
Dec 31, 2015	78,652	2,993
Dec 31, 2016	79,700	3,031
Dec 31, 2017	80,725	3,068
Dec 31, 2018	81,721	3,103
Dec 31, 2019	82,685	3,171
Dec 31, 2020	83,614	3,231
Dec 31, 2021	84,505	3,284
Dec 31, 2022	85,108	3,333

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 Mongolia; the database as a whole is cited above.