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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	Bahrain
Dec 31, 1999	273	208,105	633
Dec 31, 2000	274	211,408	648
Dec 31, 2001	275	214,475	665
Dec 31, 2002	276	217,516	707
Dec 31, 2003	278	220,549	773
Dec 31, 2004	279	224,473	839
Dec 31, 2005	280	227,534	907
Dec 31, 2006	281	230,739	974
Dec 31, 2007	282	233,918	1,043
Dec 31, 2008	283	237,056	1,096
Dec 31, 2009	285	240,140	1,133
Dec 31, 2010	286	243,171	1,168
Dec 31, 2011	287	246,150	1,202
Dec 31, 2012	288	249,086	1,236
Dec 31, 2013	289	251,947	1,268
Dec 31, 2014	290	254,702	1,301
Dec 31, 2015	291	257,351	1,333
Dec 31, 2016	291	259,906	1,365
Dec 31, 2017	292	262,379	1,396
Dec 31, 2018	293	264,789	1,428
Dec 31, 2019	294	267,142	1,459
Dec 31, 2020	294	269,437	1,489
Dec 31, 2021	295	271,674	1,511
Dec 31, 2022	295	273,409	1,521

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