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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosIndonesiaOmanCongo - Kinshasa
273208,1052,34851,181
274211,4082,40352,782
275214,4752,45754,453
276217,5162,51056,170
278220,5492,56257,860
279224,4732,61359,599
280227,5342,66361,474
281230,7392,71363,479
282233,9182,76465,590
283237,0562,81667,800
285240,1402,87170,114
286243,1712,92872,550
287246,1502,98675,138
288249,0863,04777,792
289251,9473,11080,534
290254,7023,17483,368
291257,3513,24086,229
291259,9063,30789,193
292262,3793,37592,209
293264,7893,44495,232
294267,1423,51298,320
294269,4373,582101,499
295271,6743,651104,767
295273,4093,696108,171

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.

All data sources

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, Oman, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.