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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 - KinshasaCambodiaJordan
51,18112,1224,591
52,78212,3174,700
54,45312,5044,811
56,17012,6914,923
57,86012,8815,037
59,59913,0765,161
61,47413,2765,295
63,47913,4615,765
65,59013,6306,243
67,80013,8086,397
70,11413,9906,538
72,55014,1626,680
75,13814,3226,840
77,79214,4806,952
80,53414,6377,706
83,36814,7938,839
86,22914,9949,506
89,19315,2389,863
92,20915,48010,066
95,23215,71710,273
98,32015,94410,480
101,49916,14910,628
104,76716,33810,716
108,17116,51410,849

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