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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iran	Palestinian Territories	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	64,704	2,996	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	65,411	3,075	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	66,167	3,155	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	66,689	3,235	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	67,807	3,315	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	68,480	3,396	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	69,325	3,478	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	70,158	3,559	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	71,040	3,642	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	71,942	3,727	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	72,888	3,817	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	73,826	3,907	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	74,625	3,997	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	75,446	4,088	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	76,418	4,178	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	77,521	4,269	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	78,652	4,359	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	79,700	4,451	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	80,725	4,533	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	81,721	4,615	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	82,685	4,715	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	83,614	4,820	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	84,505	4,930	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	85,108	5,042	108,171

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, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.