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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 - KinshasaJordanSudan
51,1814,59126,168
52,7824,70026,771
54,4534,81127,387
56,1704,92328,017
57,8605,03728,662
59,5995,16129,321
61,4745,29529,996
63,4795,76530,686
65,5906,24331,393
67,8006,39732,137
70,1146,53833,078
72,5506,68033,891
75,1386,84034,568
77,7926,95235,293
80,5347,70636,093
83,3688,83937,058
86,2299,50638,165
89,1939,86339,294
92,20910,06640,512
95,23210,27341,764
98,32010,48042,952
101,49910,62844,121
104,76710,71645,290
108,17110,84946,498

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