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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 MoldovaJordanCongo - Kinshasa
4,2444,59151,181
4,1994,70052,782
4,1544,81154,453
4,1084,92356,170
4,0595,03757,860
4,0135,16159,599
3,9665,29561,474
3,9195,76563,479
3,8736,24365,590
3,8296,39767,800
3,7886,53870,114
3,7486,68072,550
3,7096,84075,138
3,6716,95277,792
3,6337,70680,534
3,5958,83983,368
3,5589,50686,229
3,5229,86389,193
3,48510,06692,209
3,44810,27395,232
3,41210,48098,320
3,37610,628101,499
3,33910,716104,767
3,57010,849108,171

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