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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	Malta	Laos	Jordan
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	5,286	4,591
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	5,397	4,700
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	5,499	4,811
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	5,578	4,923
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	5,654	5,037
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	5,746	5,161
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	5,836	5,295
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	5,931	5,765
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	6,035	6,243
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	6,145	6,397
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	6,257	6,538
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	6,368	6,680
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	6,477	6,840
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	6,586	6,952
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	6,695	7,706
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	6,804	8,839
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	6,912	9,506
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	7,019	9,863
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	7,127	10,066
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	7,234	10,273
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	7,343	10,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	7,452	10,628
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	7,560	10,716
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	7,666	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, Malta, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.