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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 BarbadosJordanOmanUganda
2734,5912,34823,408
2744,7002,40324,195
2754,8112,45724,992
2764,9232,51025,846
2785,0372,56226,661
2795,1612,61327,414
2805,2952,66328,200
2815,7652,71329,021
2826,2432,76429,846
2836,3972,81630,647
2856,5382,87131,469
2866,6802,92832,343
2876,8402,98633,257
2886,9523,04734,234
2897,7063,11035,271
2908,8393,17436,419
2919,5063,24037,673
2919,8633,30739,157
29210,0663,37540,879
29310,2733,44442,329
29410,4803,51243,639
29410,6283,58245,120
29510,7163,65146,645
29510,8493,69648,065

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

Uganda

  • 1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.