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

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.