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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	Guinea	Indonesia
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,610	208,105
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,780	211,408
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,821	214,475
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,906	217,516
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,121	220,549
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,317	224,473
Dec 31, 2005	280	8,478	227,534
Dec 31, 2006	281	8,650	230,739
Dec 31, 2007	282	8,860	233,918
Dec 31, 2008	283	9,091	237,056
Dec 31, 2009	285	9,327	240,140
Dec 31, 2010	286	9,571	243,171
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,825	246,150
Dec 31, 2012	288	10,084	249,086
Dec 31, 2013	289	10,351	251,947
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,632	254,702
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,924	257,351
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,225	259,906
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,534	262,379
Dec 31, 2018	293	11,855	264,789
Dec 31, 2019	294	12,160	267,142
Dec 31, 2020	294	12,469	269,437
Dec 31, 2021	295	12,778	271,674
Dec 31, 2022	295	13,087	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, Guinea; the database as a whole is cited above.