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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	Tanzania	Iran
Dec 31, 1999	32,912	64,704
Dec 31, 2000	33,953	65,411
Dec 31, 2001	34,974	66,167
Dec 31, 2002	36,021	66,689
Dec 31, 2003	37,100	67,807
Dec 31, 2004	38,167	68,480
Dec 31, 2005	39,262	69,325
Dec 31, 2006	40,387	70,158
Dec 31, 2007	41,557	71,040
Dec 31, 2008	42,741	71,942
Dec 31, 2009	43,889	72,888
Dec 31, 2010	45,132	73,826
Dec 31, 2011	46,531	74,625
Dec 31, 2012	47,965	75,446
Dec 31, 2013	49,437	76,418
Dec 31, 2014	50,965	77,521
Dec 31, 2015	52,604	78,652
Dec 31, 2016	54,336	79,700
Dec 31, 2017	56,062	80,725
Dec 31, 2018	57,765	81,721
Dec 31, 2019	59,465	82,685
Dec 31, 2020	61,191	83,614
Dec 31, 2021	62,944	84,505
Dec 31, 2022	64,835	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 Tanzania; the database as a whole is cited above.