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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 - KinshasaJordanLaos
51,1814,5915,286
52,7824,7005,397
54,4534,8115,499
56,1704,9235,578
57,8605,0375,654
59,5995,1615,746
61,4745,2955,836
63,4795,7655,931
65,5906,2436,035
67,8006,3976,145
70,1146,5386,257
72,5506,6806,368
75,1386,8406,477
77,7926,9526,586
80,5347,7066,695
83,3688,8396,804
86,2299,5066,912
89,1939,8637,019
92,20910,0667,127
95,23210,2737,234
98,32010,4807,343
101,49910,6287,452
104,76710,7167,560
108,17110,8497,666

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