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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	Burkina Faso	Indonesia	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	208,105	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	211,408	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	214,475	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	217,516	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	220,549	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	224,473	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	227,534	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	230,739	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	233,918	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	237,056	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	240,140	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	243,171	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	246,150	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	249,086	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	251,947	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	254,702	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	257,351	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	259,906	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	262,379	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	264,789	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	267,142	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	269,437	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	271,674	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	273,409	167

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.

All data sources

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

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, Burkina Faso, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.