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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 - KinshasaJordanAfghanistan
51,1814,59122,206
52,7824,70022,461
54,4534,81122,507
56,1704,92323,600
57,8605,03725,005
59,5995,16125,698
61,4745,29526,335
63,4795,76527,154
65,5906,24327,387
67,8006,39727,706
70,1146,53828,484
72,5506,68029,121
75,1386,84029,758
77,7926,95230,420
80,5347,70631,108
83,3688,83931,823
86,2299,50632,564
89,1939,86333,332
92,20910,06634,125
95,23210,27334,941
98,32010,48035,972
101,49910,62837,034
104,76710,71638,127
108,17110,84939,252

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