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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 BarbadosBangladeshJordan
273132,9074,591
274135,2074,700
275137,4204,811
276139,5734,923
278141,6505,037
279143,6445,161
280145,5465,295
281147,3765,765
282149,0476,243
283150,5626,397
285152,1896,538
286153,9276,680
287155,6346,840
288157,3266,952
289158,9997,706
290160,6508,839
291162,2739,506
291163,9389,863
292165,65510,066
293167,35810,273
294169,04510,480
294170,70910,628
295172,35410,716
295174,21710,849

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

Bangladesh

  • 1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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 Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.