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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	Côte d’Ivoire
Dec 31, 1999	273	208,105	17,106
Dec 31, 2000	274	211,408	17,552
Dec 31, 2001	275	214,475	18,010
Dec 31, 2002	276	217,516	18,438
Dec 31, 2003	278	220,549	18,895
Dec 31, 2004	279	224,473	19,432
Dec 31, 2005	280	227,534	19,968
Dec 31, 2006	281	230,739	20,512
Dec 31, 2007	282	233,918	21,097
Dec 31, 2008	283	237,056	21,699
Dec 31, 2009	285	240,140	22,285
Dec 31, 2010	286	243,171	22,845
Dec 31, 2011	287	246,150	23,343
Dec 31, 2012	288	249,086	23,879
Dec 31, 2013	289	251,947	24,492
Dec 31, 2014	290	254,702	25,104
Dec 31, 2015	291	257,351	25,719
Dec 31, 2016	291	259,906	26,348
Dec 31, 2017	292	262,379	26,984
Dec 31, 2018	293	264,789	27,614
Dec 31, 2019	294	267,142	28,252
Dec 31, 2020	294	269,437	28,895
Dec 31, 2021	295	271,674	29,546
Dec 31, 2022	295	273,409	30,279

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, Côte d’Ivoire; the database as a whole is cited above.