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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	Barbados	Congo - Kinshasa	Burkina Faso	Jordan
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	11,075	4,591
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	11,405	4,700
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	11,828	4,811
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	12,380	4,923
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	12,829	5,037
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	13,178	5,161
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	13,540	5,295
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	13,917	5,765
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	14,309	6,243
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	14,722	6,397
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	15,152	6,538
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	15,600	6,680
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	16,064	6,840
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	16,563	6,952
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	17,072	7,706
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	17,575	8,839
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	18,094	9,506
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	18,621	9,863
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	19,157	10,066
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	19,698	10,273
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	20,242	10,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	20,788	10,628
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	21,336	10,716
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	21,889	10,849

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.

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

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.