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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	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,591	2,348	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,700	2,403	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,811	2,457	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,923	2,510	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,037	2,562	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,161	2,613	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,295	2,663	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,765	2,713	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,243	2,764	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,397	2,816	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,538	2,871	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,680	2,928	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,840	2,986	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,952	3,047	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,706	3,110	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,839	3,174	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,506	3,240	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,863	3,307	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,066	3,375	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,273	3,444	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,480	3,512	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	294	10,628	3,582	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,716	3,651	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,849	3,696	7,387

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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.