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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	Portugal
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,591	11,075	10,144
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,700	11,405	10,215
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,811	11,828	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,923	12,380	10,344
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,037	12,829	10,383
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,161	13,178	10,408
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,295	13,540	10,427
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,765	13,917	10,446
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,243	14,309	10,467
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,397	14,722	10,482
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,538	15,152	10,492
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,680	15,600	10,497
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,840	16,064	10,481
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,952	16,563	10,439
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,706	17,072	10,382
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,839	17,575	10,326
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,506	18,094	10,283
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,863	18,621	10,251
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,066	19,157	10,226
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,273	19,698	10,209
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,480	20,242	10,212
Dec 31, 2020	294	10,628	20,788	10,223
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,716	21,336	10,214
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,849	21,889	10,200

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

Portugal

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
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

No separate list is published for Barbados, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.