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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	Oman	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	64,704	2,348	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	65,411	2,403	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	66,167	2,457	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	66,689	2,510	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	67,807	2,562	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	68,480	2,613	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	69,325	2,663	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	70,158	2,713	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	71,040	2,764	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	71,942	2,816	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	72,888	2,871	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	73,826	2,928	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	74,625	2,986	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	75,446	3,047	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	76,418	3,110	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	77,521	3,174	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	78,652	3,240	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	79,700	3,307	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	80,725	3,375	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	81,721	3,444	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	82,685	3,512	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	83,614	3,582	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	84,505	3,651	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	85,108	3,696	48,065

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

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.