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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 BarbadosJordanOmanMali
2734,5912,34810,596
2744,7002,40310,833
2754,8112,45710,890
2764,9232,51011,007
2785,0372,56211,307
2795,1612,61311,579
2805,2952,66311,804
2815,7652,71312,043
2826,2432,76412,337
2836,3972,81612,657
2856,5382,87112,986
2866,6802,92813,325
2876,8402,98613,679
2886,9523,04714,040
2897,7063,11014,412
2908,8393,17414,803
2919,5063,24015,210
2919,8633,30715,629
29210,0663,37516,060
29310,2733,44416,507
29410,4803,51216,967
29410,6283,58217,442
29510,7163,65117,930
29510,8493,69618,494

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