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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	Luxembourg	Congo - Kinshasa	Jordan
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	51,181	4,591
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	52,782	4,700
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	54,453	4,811
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	56,170	4,923
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	57,860	5,037
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	59,599	5,161
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	61,474	5,295
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	63,479	5,765
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	65,590	6,243
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	67,800	6,397
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	70,114	6,538
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	72,550	6,680
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	75,138	6,840
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	77,792	6,952
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	80,534	7,706
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	83,368	8,839
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	86,229	9,506
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	89,193	9,863
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	92,209	10,066
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	95,232	10,273
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	98,320	10,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	101,499	10,628
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	104,767	10,716
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	108,171	10,849

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, Luxembourg, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.