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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 - KinshasaPalestinian TerritoriesJordan
51,1812,9964,591
52,7823,0754,700
54,4533,1554,811
56,1703,2354,923
57,8603,3155,037
59,5993,3965,161
61,4743,4785,295
63,4793,5595,765
65,5903,6426,243
67,8003,7276,397
70,1143,8176,538
72,5503,9076,680
75,1383,9976,840
77,7924,0886,952
80,5344,1787,706
83,3684,2698,839
86,2294,3599,506
89,1934,4519,863
92,2094,53310,066
95,2324,61510,273
98,3204,71510,480
101,4994,82010,628
104,7674,93010,716
108,1715,04210,849

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, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.