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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	Laos	Indonesia
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	5,286	208,105
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	5,397	211,408
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	5,499	214,475
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	5,578	217,516
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	5,654	220,549
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	5,746	224,473
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	5,836	227,534
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	5,931	230,739
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	6,035	233,918
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	6,145	237,056
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	6,257	240,140
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	6,368	243,171
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	6,477	246,150
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	6,586	249,086
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	6,695	251,947
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	6,804	254,702
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	6,912	257,351
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	7,019	259,906
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	7,127	262,379
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	7,234	264,789
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	7,343	267,142
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	7,452	269,437
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	7,560	271,674
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	7,666	273,409

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