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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 JordanBarbadosBosnia & Herzegovina
4,5912733,811
4,7002743,901
4,8112753,919
4,9232763,923
5,0372783,940
5,1612793,975
5,2952803,991
5,7652813,993
6,2432823,990
6,3972833,987
6,5382853,985
6,6802863,983
6,8402873,980
6,9522883,977
7,7062893,973
8,8392903,968
9,5062913,963
9,8632913,957
10,0662923,951
10,2732933,944
10,4802943,937
10,6282943,929
10,7162953,921
10,8492953,876

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.