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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 BarbadosMaltaAlbaniaIndonesia
2733873,085208,105
2743903,065211,408
2753933,047214,475
2763963,038217,516
2783983,026220,549
2794013,014224,473
2804042,998227,534
2814052,979230,739
2824062,957233,918
2834092,934237,056
2854122,915240,140
2864142,900243,171
2874162,892246,150
2884202,888249,086
2894262,882251,947
2904352,876254,702
2914452,868257,351
2914552,863259,906
2924682,861262,379
2934852,854264,789
2945042,842267,142
2945162,825269,437
2955182,799271,674
2955302,787273,409

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