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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	Jordan	Burkina Faso	Cambodia
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,591	11,075	12,122
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,700	11,405	12,317
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,811	11,828	12,504
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,923	12,380	12,691
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,037	12,829	12,881
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,161	13,178	13,076
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,295	13,540	13,276
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,765	13,917	13,461
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,243	14,309	13,630
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,397	14,722	13,808
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,538	15,152	13,990
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,680	15,600	14,162
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,840	16,064	14,322
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,952	16,563	14,480
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,706	17,072	14,637
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,839	17,575	14,793
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,506	18,094	14,994
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,863	18,621	15,238
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,066	19,157	15,480
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,273	19,698	15,717
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,480	20,242	15,944
Dec 31, 2020	294	10,628	20,788	16,149
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,716	21,336	16,338
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,849	21,889	16,514

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, Burkina Faso, Cambodia; the database as a whole is cited above.