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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 JordanQatarBangladesh
4,591627132,907
4,700659135,207
4,811691137,420
4,923724139,573
5,037757141,650
5,161850143,644
5,2951,001145,546
5,7651,153147,376
6,2431,306149,047
6,3971,460150,562
6,5381,615152,189
6,6801,770153,927
6,8401,904155,634
6,9522,010157,326
7,7062,103158,999
8,8392,187160,650
9,5062,261162,273
9,8632,326163,938
10,0662,384165,655
10,2732,435167,358
10,4802,480169,045
10,6282,519170,709
10,7162,553172,354
10,8492,559174,217

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

Bangladesh

  • 1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.