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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	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	273	208,105	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	274	211,408	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	275	214,475	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	276	217,516	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	278	220,549	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	279	224,473	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	280	227,534	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	281	230,739	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	282	233,918	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	283	237,056	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	285	240,140	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	286	243,171	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	287	246,150	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	288	249,086	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	289	251,947	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	290	254,702	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	291	257,351	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	291	259,906	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	292	262,379	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	293	264,789	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	294	267,142	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	294	269,437	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	295	271,674	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	295	273,409	7,432

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