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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 - KinshasaChile
4,59151,18115,140
4,70052,78215,340
4,81154,45315,513
4,92356,17015,686
5,03757,86015,859
5,16159,59916,029
5,29561,47416,222
5,76563,47916,364
6,24365,59016,536
6,39767,80016,700
6,53870,11416,864
6,68072,55016,999
6,84075,13817,189
6,95277,79217,378
7,70680,53417,545
8,83983,36817,720
9,50686,22917,904
9,86389,19318,099
10,06692,20918,350
10,27395,23218,681
10,48098,32019,035
10,628101,49919,385
10,716104,76719,604
10,849108,17119,715

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

Chile

  • 1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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