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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	Philippines	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	64,704	79,346	273
Dec 31, 2000	65,411	81,131	274
Dec 31, 2001	66,167	83,023	275
Dec 31, 2002	66,689	84,876	276
Dec 31, 2003	67,807	86,697	278
Dec 31, 2004	68,480	88,568	279
Dec 31, 2005	69,325	90,418	280
Dec 31, 2006	70,158	92,253	281
Dec 31, 2007	71,040	94,098	282
Dec 31, 2008	71,942	95,923	283
Dec 31, 2009	72,888	97,627	285
Dec 31, 2010	73,826	99,317	286
Dec 31, 2011	74,625	100,999	287
Dec 31, 2012	75,446	102,618	288
Dec 31, 2013	76,418	104,299	289
Dec 31, 2014	77,521	106,076	290
Dec 31, 2015	78,652	107,868	291
Dec 31, 2016	79,700	109,493	291
Dec 31, 2017	80,725	111,094	292
Dec 31, 2018	81,721	112,843	293
Dec 31, 2019	82,685	114,636	294
Dec 31, 2020	83,614	117,026	294
Dec 31, 2021	84,505	119,473	295
Dec 31, 2022	85,108	121,234	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.

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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

Philippines

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

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