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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	Morocco
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,591	2,348	28,400
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,700	2,403	28,744
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,811	2,457	29,094
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,923	2,510	29,447
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,037	2,562	29,806
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,161	2,613	30,169
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,295	2,663	30,552
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,765	2,713	30,953
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,243	2,764	31,354
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,397	2,816	31,754
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,538	2,871	32,154
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,680	2,928	32,553
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,840	2,986	32,951
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,952	3,047	33,346
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,706	3,110	33,737
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,839	3,174	34,124
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,506	3,240	34,511
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,863	3,307	34,898
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,066	3,375	35,279
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,273	3,444	35,653
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,480	3,512	36,018
Dec 31, 2020	294	10,628	3,582	36,375
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,716	3,651	36,723
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,849	3,696	37,101

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