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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date United Arab EmiratesCongo - KinshasaJordan
3,10151,1814,591
3,28452,7824,700
3,45854,4534,811
3,61356,1704,923
3,75457,8605,037
3,88259,5995,161
4,00061,4745,295
4,53263,4795,765
5,62365,5906,243
7,27767,8006,397
8,16470,1146,538
8,15272,5506,680
8,43875,1386,840
8,74777,7926,952
9,07780,5347,706
9,32183,3688,839
9,46186,2299,506
9,58789,1939,863
9,69992,20910,066
9,79695,23210,273
9,87998,32010,480
9,953101,49910,628
10,018104,76710,716
10,099108,17110,849

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

Jordan

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
  • 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 United Arab Emirates, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.