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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	Indonesia	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	208,105	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	274	211,408	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	275	214,475	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	276	217,516	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	278	220,549	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	279	224,473	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	280	227,534	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	281	230,739	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	282	233,918	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	283	237,056	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	285	240,140	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	286	243,171	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	287	246,150	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	288	249,086	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	289	251,947	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	290	254,702	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	291	257,351	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	291	259,906	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	292	262,379	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	293	264,789	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	294	267,142	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	294	269,437	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	295	271,674	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	295	273,409	39,252

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, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.