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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosIndonesiaBurkina FasoNorth Macedonia
273208,10511,0752,006
274211,40811,4052,017
275214,47511,8282,026
276217,51612,3802,011
278220,54912,8292,018
279224,47313,1782,024
280227,53413,5402,028
281230,73913,9172,031
282233,91814,3092,035
283237,05614,7222,038
285240,14015,1522,042
286243,17115,6002,046
287246,15016,0642,049
288249,08616,5632,052
289251,94717,0722,055
290254,70217,5752,058
291257,35118,0942,061
291259,90618,6212,063
292262,37919,1572,065
293264,78919,6982,067
294267,14220,2422,068
294269,43720,7882,065
295271,67421,3362,057
295273,40921,8892,048

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

North Macedonia

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Barbados, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.