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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	Mali	Iran	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	64,704	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	65,411	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	66,167	275
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	66,689	276
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	67,807	278
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	68,480	279
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	69,325	280
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	70,158	281
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	71,040	282
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	71,942	283
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	72,888	285
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	73,826	286
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	74,625	287
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	75,446	288
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	76,418	289
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	77,521	290
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	78,652	291
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	79,700	291
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	80,725	292
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	81,721	293
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	82,685	294
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	83,614	294
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	84,505	295
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	85,108	295

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 Mali, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.