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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	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	273	208,105	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	274	211,408	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	275	214,475	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	276	217,516	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	278	220,549	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	279	224,473	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	280	227,534	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	281	230,739	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	282	233,918	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	283	237,056	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	285	240,140	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	286	243,171	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	287	246,150	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	288	249,086	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	289	251,947	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	290	254,702	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	291	257,351	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	291	259,906	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	292	262,379	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	293	264,789	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	294	267,142	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	294	269,437	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	295	271,674	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	295	273,409	6,291

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, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.