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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	Palestinian Territories
Dec 31, 1999	64,704	2,996
Dec 31, 2000	65,411	3,075
Dec 31, 2001	66,167	3,155
Dec 31, 2002	66,689	3,235
Dec 31, 2003	67,807	3,315
Dec 31, 2004	68,480	3,396
Dec 31, 2005	69,325	3,478
Dec 31, 2006	70,158	3,559
Dec 31, 2007	71,040	3,642
Dec 31, 2008	71,942	3,727
Dec 31, 2009	72,888	3,817
Dec 31, 2010	73,826	3,907
Dec 31, 2011	74,625	3,997
Dec 31, 2012	75,446	4,088
Dec 31, 2013	76,418	4,178
Dec 31, 2014	77,521	4,269
Dec 31, 2015	78,652	4,359
Dec 31, 2016	79,700	4,451
Dec 31, 2017	80,725	4,533
Dec 31, 2018	81,721	4,615
Dec 31, 2019	82,685	4,715
Dec 31, 2020	83,614	4,820
Dec 31, 2021	84,505	4,930
Dec 31, 2022	85,108	5,042

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 Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.