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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	Madagascar	Indonesia
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,259	208,105
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,707	211,408
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,162	214,475
Dec 31, 2002	276	16,631	217,516
Dec 31, 2003	278	17,114	220,549
Dec 31, 2004	279	17,610	224,473
Dec 31, 2005	280	18,120	227,534
Dec 31, 2006	281	18,641	230,739
Dec 31, 2007	282	19,173	233,918
Dec 31, 2008	283	19,717	237,056
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,272	240,140
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,837	243,171
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,413	246,150
Dec 31, 2012	288	21,999	249,086
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,593	251,947
Dec 31, 2014	290	23,196	254,702
Dec 31, 2015	291	23,806	257,351
Dec 31, 2016	291	24,423	259,906
Dec 31, 2017	292	25,044	262,379
Dec 31, 2018	293	25,671	264,789
Dec 31, 2019	294	26,302	267,142
Dec 31, 2020	294	26,936	269,437
Dec 31, 2021	295	27,573	271,674
Dec 31, 2022	295	28,237	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.

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