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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 JordanCongo - KinshasaAfghanistan
4,59151,18122,206
4,70052,78222,461
4,81154,45322,507
4,92356,17023,600
5,03757,86025,005
5,16159,59925,698
5,29561,47426,335
5,76563,47927,154
6,24365,59027,387
6,39767,80027,706
6,53870,11428,484
6,68072,55029,121
6,84075,13829,758
6,95277,79230,420
7,70680,53431,108
8,83983,36831,823
9,50686,22932,564
9,86389,19333,332
10,06692,20934,125
10,27395,23234,941
10,48098,32035,972
10,628101,49937,034
10,716104,76738,127
10,849108,17139,252

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