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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	Oman	Jordan	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,348	4,591	138
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,403	4,700	141
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,457	4,811	144
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,510	4,923	147
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,562	5,037	151
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,613	5,161	154
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,663	5,295	158
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,713	5,765	161
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,764	6,243	165
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,816	6,397	168
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,871	6,538	172
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,928	6,680	176
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,986	6,840	180
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,047	6,952	183
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,110	7,706	187
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,174	8,839	190
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,240	9,506	194
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,307	9,863	198
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,375	10,066	201
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,444	10,273	204
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,512	10,480	208
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,582	10,628	212
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,651	10,716	216
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,696	10,849	220

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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.