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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Jordan	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	4,591	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	4,700	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	4,811	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	4,923	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	5,037	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	5,161	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	5,295	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	5,765	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	6,243	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	6,397	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	6,538	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	6,680	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	6,840	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	6,952	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	7,706	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	8,839	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	9,506	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	9,863	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	10,066	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	10,273	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	10,480	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	10,628	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	10,716	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	10,849	217,718

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

Brazil

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1850–1899: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350
1900-1950: A. Maddison and Associates, The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: Brazil and Mexico, Oxford University Press, New York 1992;

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.