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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	Dominica	Indonesia	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	208,105	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	211,408	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	214,475	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	217,516	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	220,549	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	224,473	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	227,534	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	230,739	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	233,918	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	237,056	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	240,140	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	243,171	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	246,150	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	249,086	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	251,947	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	254,702	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	257,351	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	259,906	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	262,379	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	264,789	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	267,142	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	269,437	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	271,674	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	273,409	2,787

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, Dominica, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.