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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosJordanOmanGuinea
2734,5912,3487,610
2744,7002,4037,780
2754,8112,4577,821
2764,9232,5107,906
2785,0372,5628,121
2795,1612,6138,317
2805,2952,6638,478
2815,7652,7138,650
2826,2432,7648,860
2836,3972,8169,091
2856,5382,8719,327
2866,6802,9289,571
2876,8402,9869,825
2886,9523,04710,084
2897,7063,11010,351
2908,8393,17410,632
2919,5063,24010,924
2919,8633,30711,225
29210,0663,37511,534
29310,2733,44411,855
29410,4803,51212,160
29410,6283,58212,469
29510,7163,65112,778
29510,8493,69613,087

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