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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Burkina Faso	Jordan	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	11,075	4,591	273
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	11,405	4,700	274
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	11,828	4,811	275
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	12,380	4,923	276
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	12,829	5,037	278
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	13,178	5,161	279
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	13,540	5,295	280
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	13,917	5,765	281
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	14,309	6,243	282
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	14,722	6,397	283
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	15,152	6,538	285
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	15,600	6,680	286
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	16,064	6,840	287
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	16,563	6,952	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	17,072	7,706	289
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	17,575	8,839	290
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	18,094	9,506	291
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	18,621	9,863	291
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	19,157	10,066	292
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	19,698	10,273	293
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	20,242	10,480	294
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	20,788	10,628	294
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	21,336	10,716	295
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	21,889	10,849	295

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Burkina Faso, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.