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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	Chile	Iran
Dec 31, 1999	277	15,140	64,704
Dec 31, 2000	281	15,340	65,411
Dec 31, 2001	285	15,513	66,167
Dec 31, 2002	288	15,686	66,689
Dec 31, 2003	289	15,859	67,807
Dec 31, 2004	293	16,029	68,480
Dec 31, 2005	296	16,222	69,325
Dec 31, 2006	304	16,364	70,158
Dec 31, 2007	311	16,536	71,040
Dec 31, 2008	319	16,700	71,942
Dec 31, 2009	319	16,864	72,888
Dec 31, 2010	318	16,999	73,826
Dec 31, 2011	319	17,189	74,625
Dec 31, 2012	321	17,378	75,446
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,545	76,418
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,720	77,521
Dec 31, 2015	331	17,904	78,652
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,099	79,700
Dec 31, 2017	343	18,350	80,725
Dec 31, 2018	353	18,681	81,721
Dec 31, 2019	361	19,035	82,685
Dec 31, 2020	366	19,385	83,614
Dec 31, 2021	372	19,604	84,505
Dec 31, 2022	380	19,715	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.

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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