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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	Trinidad & Tobago
Dec 31, 1999	273	208,105	1,301
Dec 31, 2000	274	211,408	1,303
Dec 31, 2001	275	214,475	1,308
Dec 31, 2002	276	217,516	1,314
Dec 31, 2003	278	220,549	1,320
Dec 31, 2004	279	224,473	1,326
Dec 31, 2005	280	227,534	1,332
Dec 31, 2006	281	230,739	1,338
Dec 31, 2007	282	233,918	1,344
Dec 31, 2008	283	237,056	1,352
Dec 31, 2009	285	240,140	1,359
Dec 31, 2010	286	243,171	1,365
Dec 31, 2011	287	246,150	1,372
Dec 31, 2012	288	249,086	1,379
Dec 31, 2013	289	251,947	1,386
Dec 31, 2014	290	254,702	1,392
Dec 31, 2015	291	257,351	1,399
Dec 31, 2016	291	259,906	1,405
Dec 31, 2017	292	262,379	1,411
Dec 31, 2018	293	264,789	1,436
Dec 31, 2019	294	267,142	1,452
Dec 31, 2020	294	269,437	1,448
Dec 31, 2021	295	271,674	1,450
Dec 31, 2022	295	273,409	1,456

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, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.