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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Indonesia	Niger
Dec 31, 1999	273	208,105	10,424
Dec 31, 2000	274	211,408	10,785
Dec 31, 2001	275	214,475	11,170
Dec 31, 2002	276	217,516	11,580
Dec 31, 2003	278	220,549	12,015
Dec 31, 2004	279	224,473	12,472
Dec 31, 2005	280	227,534	12,954
Dec 31, 2006	281	230,739	13,459
Dec 31, 2007	282	233,918	13,986
Dec 31, 2008	283	237,056	14,532
Dec 31, 2009	285	240,140	15,092
Dec 31, 2010	286	243,171	15,669
Dec 31, 2011	287	246,150	16,263
Dec 31, 2012	288	249,086	16,903
Dec 31, 2013	289	251,947	17,569
Dec 31, 2014	290	254,702	18,242
Dec 31, 2015	291	257,351	18,957
Dec 31, 2016	291	259,906	19,708
Dec 31, 2017	292	262,379	20,462
Dec 31, 2018	293	264,789	21,228
Dec 31, 2019	294	267,142	22,023
Dec 31, 2020	294	269,437	22,842
Dec 31, 2021	295	271,674	23,691
Dec 31, 2022	295	273,409	24,587

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