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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	Burkina Faso	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	273	208,105	11,075	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	274	211,408	11,405	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	275	214,475	11,828	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	276	217,516	12,380	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	278	220,549	12,829	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	279	224,473	13,178	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	280	227,534	13,540	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	281	230,739	13,917	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	282	233,918	14,309	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	283	237,056	14,722	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	285	240,140	15,152	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	286	243,171	15,600	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	287	246,150	16,064	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	288	249,086	16,563	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	289	251,947	17,072	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	290	254,702	17,575	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	291	257,351	18,094	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	259,906	18,621	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	292	262,379	19,157	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	293	264,789	19,698	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	294	267,142	20,242	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	294	269,437	20,788	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	295	271,674	21,336	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	295	273,409	21,889	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, Burkina Faso, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.