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Population, long-run history

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date JordanCongo - KinshasaMali
4,59151,18110,596
4,70052,78210,833
4,81154,45310,890
4,92356,17011,007
5,03757,86011,307
5,16159,59911,579
5,29561,47411,804
5,76563,47912,043
6,24365,59012,337
6,39767,80012,657
6,53870,11412,986
6,68072,55013,325
6,84075,13813,679
6,95277,79214,040
7,70680,53414,412
8,83983,36814,803
9,50686,22915,210
9,86389,19315,629
10,06692,20916,060
10,27395,23216,507
10,48098,32016,967
10,628101,49917,442
10,716104,76717,930
10,849108,17118,494

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