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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	Iceland	Indonesia	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	208,105	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	211,408	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	214,475	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	217,516	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	220,549	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	224,473	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	227,534	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	230,739	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	233,918	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	237,056	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	240,140	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	243,171	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	246,150	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	249,086	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	251,947	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	254,702	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	257,351	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	259,906	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	262,379	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	264,789	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	267,142	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	269,437	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	271,674	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	273,409	31,058

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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