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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	Spain
Dec 31, 1999	273	208,105	40,378
Dec 31, 2000	274	211,408	40,563
Dec 31, 2001	275	214,475	40,775
Dec 31, 2002	276	217,516	41,433
Dec 31, 2003	278	220,549	42,205
Dec 31, 2004	279	224,473	42,869
Dec 31, 2005	280	227,534	43,672
Dec 31, 2006	281	230,739	44,370
Dec 31, 2007	282	233,918	45,246
Dec 31, 2008	283	237,056	45,993
Dec 31, 2009	285	240,140	46,378
Dec 31, 2010	286	243,171	46,573
Dec 31, 2011	287	246,150	46,746
Dec 31, 2012	288	249,086	46,777
Dec 31, 2013	289	251,947	46,603
Dec 31, 2014	290	254,702	46,465
Dec 31, 2015	291	257,351	46,420
Dec 31, 2016	291	259,906	46,460
Dec 31, 2017	292	262,379	46,543
Dec 31, 2018	293	264,789	46,739
Dec 31, 2019	294	267,142	47,116
Dec 31, 2020	294	269,437	47,366
Dec 31, 2021	295	271,674	47,342
Dec 31, 2022	295	273,409	47,625

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

Spain

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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