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