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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Jordan	Bangladesh	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	4,591	132,907	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	4,700	135,207	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	4,811	137,420	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	4,923	139,573	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	5,037	141,650	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	5,161	143,644	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	5,295	145,546	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	5,765	147,376	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	6,243	149,047	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	6,397	150,562	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	6,538	152,189	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	6,680	153,927	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	6,840	155,634	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	6,952	157,326	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	7,706	158,999	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	8,839	160,650	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	9,506	162,273	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	9,863	163,938	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	10,066	165,655	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	10,273	167,358	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	10,480	169,045	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	10,628	170,709	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	10,716	172,354	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	10,849	174,217	108,171

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

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.