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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Jordan	Congo - Kinshasa	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	4,591	51,181	152
Dec 31, 2000	4,700	52,782	153
Dec 31, 2001	4,811	54,453	154
Dec 31, 2002	4,923	56,170	155
Dec 31, 2003	5,037	57,860	156
Dec 31, 2004	5,161	59,599	157
Dec 31, 2005	5,295	61,474	157
Dec 31, 2006	5,765	63,479	158
Dec 31, 2007	6,243	65,590	159
Dec 31, 2008	6,397	67,800	160
Dec 31, 2009	6,538	70,114	160
Dec 31, 2010	6,680	72,550	161
Dec 31, 2011	6,840	75,138	162
Dec 31, 2012	6,952	77,792	162
Dec 31, 2013	7,706	80,534	163
Dec 31, 2014	8,839	83,368	163
Dec 31, 2015	9,506	86,229	164
Dec 31, 2016	9,863	89,193	164
Dec 31, 2017	10,066	92,209	165
Dec 31, 2018	10,273	95,232	166
Dec 31, 2019	10,480	98,320	166
Dec 31, 2020	10,628	101,499	167
Dec 31, 2021	10,716	104,767	167
Dec 31, 2022	10,849	108,171	167

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, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.