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Population, long-run history by country
Population, long-run history
Annual, Persons, thousands
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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
| Date | Barbados | Jordan | Bangladesh |
|---|---|---|---|
| 273 | 4,591 | 132,907 | |
| 274 | 4,700 | 135,207 | |
| 275 | 4,811 | 137,420 | |
| 276 | 4,923 | 139,573 | |
| 278 | 5,037 | 141,650 | |
| 279 | 5,161 | 143,644 | |
| 280 | 5,295 | 145,546 | |
| 281 | 5,765 | 147,376 | |
| 282 | 6,243 | 149,047 | |
| 283 | 6,397 | 150,562 | |
| 285 | 6,538 | 152,189 | |
| 286 | 6,680 | 153,927 | |
| 287 | 6,840 | 155,634 | |
| 288 | 6,952 | 157,326 | |
| 289 | 7,706 | 158,999 | |
| 290 | 8,839 | 160,650 | |
| 291 | 9,506 | 162,273 | |
| 291 | 9,863 | 163,938 | |
| 292 | 10,066 | 165,655 | |
| 293 | 10,273 | 167,358 | |
| 294 | 10,480 | 169,045 | |
| 294 | 10,628 | 170,709 | |
| 295 | 10,716 | 172,354 | |
| 295 | 10,849 | 174,217 |
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.
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
Bangladesh
- 1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.