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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 - KinshasaAlbaniaJordan
51,1813,0854,591
52,7823,0654,700
54,4533,0474,811
56,1703,0384,923
57,8603,0265,037
59,5993,0145,161
61,4742,9985,295
63,4792,9795,765
65,5902,9576,243
67,8002,9346,397
70,1142,9156,538
72,5502,9006,680
75,1382,8926,840
77,7922,8886,952
80,5342,8827,706
83,3682,8768,839
86,2292,8689,506
89,1932,8639,863
92,2092,86110,066
95,2322,85410,273
98,3202,84210,480
101,4992,82510,628
104,7672,79910,716
108,1712,78710,849

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, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.