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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Laos	Indonesia
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	5,286	208,105
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	5,397	211,408
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	5,499	214,475
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	5,578	217,516
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	5,654	220,549
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	5,746	224,473
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	5,836	227,534
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	5,931	230,739
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	6,035	233,918
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	6,145	237,056
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	6,257	240,140
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	6,368	243,171
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	6,477	246,150
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	6,586	249,086
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	6,695	251,947
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	6,804	254,702
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	6,912	257,351
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	7,019	259,906
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	7,127	262,379
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	7,234	264,789
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	7,343	267,142
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	7,452	269,437
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	7,560	271,674
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	7,666	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.

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