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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	Côte d’Ivoire	Indonesia
Dec 31, 1999	273	17,106	208,105
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,552	211,408
Dec 31, 2001	275	18,010	214,475
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,438	217,516
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,895	220,549
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,432	224,473
Dec 31, 2005	280	19,968	227,534
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,512	230,739
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,097	233,918
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,699	237,056
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,285	240,140
Dec 31, 2010	286	22,845	243,171
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,343	246,150
Dec 31, 2012	288	23,879	249,086
Dec 31, 2013	289	24,492	251,947
Dec 31, 2014	290	25,104	254,702
Dec 31, 2015	291	25,719	257,351
Dec 31, 2016	291	26,348	259,906
Dec 31, 2017	292	26,984	262,379
Dec 31, 2018	293	27,614	264,789
Dec 31, 2019	294	28,252	267,142
Dec 31, 2020	294	28,895	269,437
Dec 31, 2021	295	29,546	271,674
Dec 31, 2022	295	30,279	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, Côte d’Ivoire; the database as a whole is cited above.