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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Jordan	North Macedonia	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	4,591	2,006	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	4,700	2,017	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	4,811	2,026	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	4,923	2,011	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	5,037	2,018	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	5,161	2,024	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	5,295	2,028	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	5,765	2,031	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	6,243	2,035	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	6,397	2,038	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	6,538	2,042	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	6,680	2,046	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	6,840	2,049	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	6,952	2,052	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	7,706	2,055	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	8,839	2,058	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	9,506	2,061	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	9,863	2,063	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	10,066	2,065	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	10,273	2,067	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	10,480	2,068	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	10,628	2,065	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	10,716	2,057	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	10,849	2,048	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

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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