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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	North Macedonia	Iran
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,006	64,704
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,017	65,411
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,026	66,167
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,011	66,689
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,018	67,807
Dec 31, 2004	293	2,024	68,480
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,028	69,325
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,031	70,158
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,035	71,040
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,038	71,942
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,042	72,888
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,046	73,826
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,049	74,625
Dec 31, 2012	321	2,052	75,446
Dec 31, 2013	324	2,055	76,418
Dec 31, 2014	327	2,058	77,521
Dec 31, 2015	331	2,061	78,652
Dec 31, 2016	335	2,063	79,700
Dec 31, 2017	343	2,065	80,725
Dec 31, 2018	353	2,067	81,721
Dec 31, 2019	361	2,068	82,685
Dec 31, 2020	366	2,065	83,614
Dec 31, 2021	372	2,057	84,505
Dec 31, 2022	380	2,048	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.

All data sources

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.

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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