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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	Mozambique
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,591	16,522
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,700	16,841
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,811	17,176
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,923	17,525
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,037	17,889
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,161	18,264
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,295	18,652
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,765	19,059
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,243	19,480
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,397	19,928
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,538	20,418
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,680	20,950
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,840	21,535
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,952	22,150
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,706	22,768
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,839	23,393
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,506	24,023
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,863	24,660
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,066	25,318
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,273	25,998
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,480	26,694
Dec 31, 2020	294	10,628	27,401
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,716	28,121
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,849	28,903

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

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, Mozambique; the database as a whole is cited above.