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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 - KinshasaJordanBurkina Faso
51,1814,59111,075
52,7824,70011,405
54,4534,81111,828
56,1704,92312,380
57,8605,03712,829
59,5995,16113,178
61,4745,29513,540
63,4795,76513,917
65,5906,24314,309
67,8006,39714,722
70,1146,53815,152
72,5506,68015,600
75,1386,84016,064
77,7926,95216,563
80,5347,70617,072
83,3688,83917,575
86,2299,50618,094
89,1939,86318,621
92,20910,06619,157
95,23210,27319,698
98,32010,48020,242
101,49910,62820,788
104,76710,71621,336
108,17110,84921,889

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, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.