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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United States	Iran	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	64,704	277
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	65,411	281
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	66,167	285
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	66,689	288
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	67,807	289
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	68,480	293
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	69,325	296
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	70,158	304
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	71,040	311
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	71,942	319
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	72,888	319
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	73,826	318
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	74,625	319
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	75,446	321
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	76,418	324
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	77,521	327
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	78,652	331
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	79,700	335
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	80,725	343
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	81,721	353
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	82,685	361
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	83,614	366
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	84,505	372
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	85,108	380

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

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

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

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.