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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	Central African Republic	Indonesia
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,889	208,105
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,980	211,408
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,054	214,475
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,128	217,516
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,215	220,549
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,289	224,473
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,363	227,534
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,449	230,739
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,544	233,918
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,641	237,056
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,742	240,140
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,845	243,171
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,950	246,150
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,057	249,086
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,167	251,947
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,278	254,702
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,392	257,351
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,507	259,906
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,625	262,379
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,745	264,789
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,874	267,142
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,025	269,437
Dec 31, 2021	295	6,154	271,674
Dec 31, 2022	295	6,291	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

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, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.