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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	Cambodia	Oman	Iran
Dec 31, 1999	12,122	2,348	64,704
Dec 31, 2000	12,317	2,403	65,411
Dec 31, 2001	12,504	2,457	66,167
Dec 31, 2002	12,691	2,510	66,689
Dec 31, 2003	12,881	2,562	67,807
Dec 31, 2004	13,076	2,613	68,480
Dec 31, 2005	13,276	2,663	69,325
Dec 31, 2006	13,461	2,713	70,158
Dec 31, 2007	13,630	2,764	71,040
Dec 31, 2008	13,808	2,816	71,942
Dec 31, 2009	13,990	2,871	72,888
Dec 31, 2010	14,162	2,928	73,826
Dec 31, 2011	14,322	2,986	74,625
Dec 31, 2012	14,480	3,047	75,446
Dec 31, 2013	14,637	3,110	76,418
Dec 31, 2014	14,793	3,174	77,521
Dec 31, 2015	14,994	3,240	78,652
Dec 31, 2016	15,238	3,307	79,700
Dec 31, 2017	15,480	3,375	80,725
Dec 31, 2018	15,717	3,444	81,721
Dec 31, 2019	15,944	3,512	82,685
Dec 31, 2020	16,149	3,582	83,614
Dec 31, 2021	16,338	3,651	84,505
Dec 31, 2022	16,514	3,696	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

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 Cambodia, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.