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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	Portugal
Dec 31, 1999	64,704	10,144
Dec 31, 2000	65,411	10,215
Dec 31, 2001	66,167	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	66,689	10,344
Dec 31, 2003	67,807	10,383
Dec 31, 2004	68,480	10,408
Dec 31, 2005	69,325	10,427
Dec 31, 2006	70,158	10,446
Dec 31, 2007	71,040	10,467
Dec 31, 2008	71,942	10,482
Dec 31, 2009	72,888	10,492
Dec 31, 2010	73,826	10,497
Dec 31, 2011	74,625	10,481
Dec 31, 2012	75,446	10,439
Dec 31, 2013	76,418	10,382
Dec 31, 2014	77,521	10,326
Dec 31, 2015	78,652	10,283
Dec 31, 2016	79,700	10,251
Dec 31, 2017	80,725	10,226
Dec 31, 2018	81,721	10,209
Dec 31, 2019	82,685	10,212
Dec 31, 2020	83,614	10,223
Dec 31, 2021	84,505	10,214
Dec 31, 2022	85,108	10,200

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

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,