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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	Namibia
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,591	1,841
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,700	1,893
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,811	1,945
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,923	1,981
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,037	2,008
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,161	2,034
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,295	2,060
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,765	2,086
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,243	2,113
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,397	2,141
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,538	2,170
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,680	2,201
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,840	2,232
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,952	2,268
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,706	2,312
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,839	2,360
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,506	2,408
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,863	2,456
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,066	2,505
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,273	2,554
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,480	2,602
Dec 31, 2020	294	10,628	2,651
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,716	2,700
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,849	2,739

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