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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Paraguay	Jordan	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	5,366	4,591	138
Dec 31, 2000	5,473	4,700	141
Dec 31, 2001	5,579	4,811	144
Dec 31, 2002	5,683	4,923	147
Dec 31, 2003	5,786	5,037	151
Dec 31, 2004	5,886	5,161	154
Dec 31, 2005	5,984	5,295	158
Dec 31, 2006	6,080	5,765	161
Dec 31, 2007	6,173	6,243	165
Dec 31, 2008	6,264	6,397	168
Dec 31, 2009	6,352	6,538	172
Dec 31, 2010	6,438	6,680	176
Dec 31, 2011	6,522	6,840	180
Dec 31, 2012	6,605	6,952	183
Dec 31, 2013	6,688	7,706	187
Dec 31, 2014	6,769	8,839	190
Dec 31, 2015	6,850	9,506	194
Dec 31, 2016	6,930	9,863	198
Dec 31, 2017	7,012	10,066	201
Dec 31, 2018	7,095	10,273	204
Dec 31, 2019	7,179	10,480	208
Dec 31, 2020	7,263	10,628	212
Dec 31, 2021	7,348	10,716	216
Dec 31, 2022	7,432	10,849	220

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 Paraguay, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.