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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	Jordan	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	4,591	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	4,700	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	4,811	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	4,923	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	5,037	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	5,161	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	5,295	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	5,765	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	6,243	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	6,397	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	6,538	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	6,680	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	6,840	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	6,952	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	7,706	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	8,839	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	9,506	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	9,863	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	10,066	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	10,273	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	10,480	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	10,628	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	10,716	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	10,849	651

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, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.