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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Spain	Jordan
Dec 31, 1999	273	40,378	4,591
Dec 31, 2000	274	40,563	4,700
Dec 31, 2001	275	40,775	4,811
Dec 31, 2002	276	41,433	4,923
Dec 31, 2003	278	42,205	5,037
Dec 31, 2004	279	42,869	5,161
Dec 31, 2005	280	43,672	5,295
Dec 31, 2006	281	44,370	5,765
Dec 31, 2007	282	45,246	6,243
Dec 31, 2008	283	45,993	6,397
Dec 31, 2009	285	46,378	6,538
Dec 31, 2010	286	46,573	6,680
Dec 31, 2011	287	46,746	6,840
Dec 31, 2012	288	46,777	6,952
Dec 31, 2013	289	46,603	7,706
Dec 31, 2014	290	46,465	8,839
Dec 31, 2015	291	46,420	9,506
Dec 31, 2016	291	46,460	9,863
Dec 31, 2017	292	46,543	10,066
Dec 31, 2018	293	46,739	10,273
Dec 31, 2019	294	47,116	10,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	47,366	10,628
Dec 31, 2021	295	47,342	10,716
Dec 31, 2022	295	47,625	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.

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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

Spain

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
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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.