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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 - KinshasaCambodia
4,59151,18112,122
4,70052,78212,317
4,81154,45312,504
4,92356,17012,691
5,03757,86012,881
5,16159,59913,076
5,29561,47413,276
5,76563,47913,461
6,24365,59013,630
6,39767,80013,808
6,53870,11413,990
6,68072,55014,162
6,84075,13814,322
6,95277,79214,480
7,70680,53414,637
8,83983,36814,793
9,50686,22914,994
9,86389,19315,238
10,06692,20915,480
10,27395,23215,717
10,48098,32015,944
10,628101,49916,149
10,716104,76716,338
10,849108,17116,514

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