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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 - KinshasaJordanOman
51,1814,5912,348
52,7824,7002,403
54,4534,8112,457
56,1704,9232,510
57,8605,0372,562
59,5995,1612,613
61,4745,2952,663
63,4795,7652,713
65,5906,2432,764
67,8006,3972,816
70,1146,5382,871
72,5506,6802,928
75,1386,8402,986
77,7926,9523,047
80,5347,7063,110
83,3688,8393,174
86,2299,5063,240
89,1939,8633,307
92,20910,0663,375
95,23210,2733,444
98,32010,4803,512
101,49910,6283,582
104,76710,7163,651
108,17110,8493,696

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