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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	Iceland	Barbados	Iran
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	64,704
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	65,411
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	66,167
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	66,689
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	67,807
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	68,480
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	69,325
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	70,158
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	71,040
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	71,942
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	72,888
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	73,826
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	74,625
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	75,446
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	76,418
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	77,521
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	78,652
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	79,700
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	80,725
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	81,721
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	82,685
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	83,614
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	84,505
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	85,108

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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 Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.