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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 BarbadosLuxembourgAlbaniaIndonesia
2734333,085208,105
2744383,065211,408
2754433,047214,475
2764483,038217,516
2784543,026220,549
2794603,014224,473
2804672,998227,534
2814742,979230,739
2824822,957233,918
2834912,934237,056
2855002,915240,140
2865092,900243,171
2875212,892246,150
2885332,888249,086
2895472,882251,947
2905602,876254,702
2915712,868257,351
2915862,863259,906
2925992,861262,379
2936102,854264,789
2946232,842267,142
2946332,825269,437
2956432,799271,674
2956512,787273,409

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

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, Luxembourg, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.