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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Jordan	Denmark	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	4,591	5,322	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	4,700	5,339	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	4,811	5,358	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	4,923	5,377	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	5,037	5,391	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	5,161	5,404	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	5,295	5,420	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	5,765	5,438	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	6,243	5,461	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	6,397	5,494	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	6,538	5,524	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	6,680	5,548	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	6,840	5,571	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	6,952	5,592	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	7,706	5,614	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	8,839	5,644	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	9,506	5,683	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	9,863	5,730	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	10,066	5,766	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	10,273	5,795	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	10,480	5,818	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	10,628	5,831	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	10,716	5,855	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	10,849	5,907	108,171

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 Denmark, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.