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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Congo - KinshasaUnited Arab EmiratesJordan
51,1813,1014,591
52,7823,2844,700
54,4533,4584,811
56,1703,6134,923
57,8603,7545,037
59,5993,8825,161
61,4744,0005,295
63,4794,5325,765
65,5905,6236,243
67,8007,2776,397
70,1148,1646,538
72,5508,1526,680
75,1388,4386,840
77,7928,7476,952
80,5349,0777,706
83,3689,3218,839
86,2299,4619,506
89,1939,5879,863
92,2099,69910,066
95,2329,79610,273
98,3209,87910,480
101,4999,95310,628
104,76710,01810,716
108,17110,09910,849

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.

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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 Congo - Kinshasa, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.