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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	Sudan	Oman	Jordan
Dec 31, 1999	273	26,168	2,348	4,591
Dec 31, 2000	274	26,771	2,403	4,700
Dec 31, 2001	275	27,387	2,457	4,811
Dec 31, 2002	276	28,017	2,510	4,923
Dec 31, 2003	278	28,662	2,562	5,037
Dec 31, 2004	279	29,321	2,613	5,161
Dec 31, 2005	280	29,996	2,663	5,295
Dec 31, 2006	281	30,686	2,713	5,765
Dec 31, 2007	282	31,393	2,764	6,243
Dec 31, 2008	283	32,137	2,816	6,397
Dec 31, 2009	285	33,078	2,871	6,538
Dec 31, 2010	286	33,891	2,928	6,680
Dec 31, 2011	287	34,568	2,986	6,840
Dec 31, 2012	288	35,293	3,047	6,952
Dec 31, 2013	289	36,093	3,110	7,706
Dec 31, 2014	290	37,058	3,174	8,839
Dec 31, 2015	291	38,165	3,240	9,506
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,294	3,307	9,863
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,512	3,375	10,066
Dec 31, 2018	293	41,764	3,444	10,273
Dec 31, 2019	294	42,952	3,512	10,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	44,121	3,582	10,628
Dec 31, 2021	295	45,290	3,651	10,716
Dec 31, 2022	295	46,498	3,696	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, Sudan, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.