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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	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	64,704	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	65,411	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	66,167	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	66,689	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	67,807	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	68,480	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	69,325	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	70,158	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	71,040	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	71,942	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	72,888	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	73,826	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	74,625	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	75,446	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	76,418	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	77,521	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	78,652	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	79,700	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	80,725	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	81,721	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	82,685	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	83,614	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	84,505	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	85,108	7,432

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 Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.