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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 - KinshasaJordanAlbania
51,1814,5913,085
52,7824,7003,065
54,4534,8113,047
56,1704,9233,038
57,8605,0373,026
59,5995,1613,014
61,4745,2952,998
63,4795,7652,979
65,5906,2432,957
67,8006,3972,934
70,1146,5382,915
72,5506,6802,900
75,1386,8402,892
77,7926,9522,888
80,5347,7062,882
83,3688,8392,876
86,2299,5062,868
89,1939,8632,863
92,20910,0662,861
95,23210,2732,854
98,32010,4802,842
101,49910,6282,825
104,76710,7162,799
108,17110,8492,787

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.