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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	Barbados	Bangladesh	Indonesia
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	208,105
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	211,408
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	214,475
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	217,516
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	220,549
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	224,473
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	227,534
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	230,739
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	233,918
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	237,056
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	240,140
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	243,171
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	246,150
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	249,086
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	251,947
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	254,702
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	257,351
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	259,906
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	262,379
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	264,789
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	267,142
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	269,437
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	271,674
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	273,409

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

Bangladesh

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

Indonesia

1815 – 1880 (Java): Van Zanden (2012). “Economic Growth in Java 1815-1939: The Reconstruction of the Historical National Accounts of a Colonial Economy”, Maddison-Project Working Paper WP-3.
1880-2008: Van der Eng, P. (2010). The Sources of Long-Term Economic Growth in Indonesia, 1880-2008”, Explorations in Economic History, 47: 294-309

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