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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	Oman	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,591	2,348	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,700	2,403	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,811	2,457	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,923	2,510	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,037	2,562	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,161	2,613	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,295	2,663	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,765	2,713	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,243	2,764	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,397	2,816	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,538	2,871	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,680	2,928	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,840	2,986	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,952	3,047	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,706	3,110	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,839	3,174	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,506	3,240	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,863	3,307	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,066	3,375	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,273	3,444	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,480	3,512	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	294	10,628	3,582	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,716	3,651	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,849	3,696	29,417

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, Oman, Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.