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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 BarbadosIndonesiaOmanCambodia
273208,1052,34812,122
274211,4082,40312,317
275214,4752,45712,504
276217,5162,51012,691
278220,5492,56212,881
279224,4732,61313,076
280227,5342,66313,276
281230,7392,71313,461
282233,9182,76413,630
283237,0562,81613,808
285240,1402,87113,990
286243,1712,92814,162
287246,1502,98614,322
288249,0863,04714,480
289251,9473,11014,637
290254,7023,17414,793
291257,3513,24014,994
291259,9063,30715,238
292262,3793,37515,480
293264,7893,44415,717
294267,1423,51215,944
294269,4373,58216,149
295271,6743,65116,338
295273,4093,69616,514

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