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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	Malta	Congo - Kinshasa	Indonesia
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	51,181	208,105
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	52,782	211,408
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	54,453	214,475
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	56,170	217,516
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	57,860	220,549
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	59,599	224,473
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	61,474	227,534
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	63,479	230,739
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	65,590	233,918
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	67,800	237,056
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	70,114	240,140
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	72,550	243,171
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	75,138	246,150
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	77,792	249,086
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	80,534	251,947
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	83,368	254,702
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	86,229	257,351
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	89,193	259,906
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	92,209	262,379
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	95,232	264,789
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	98,320	267,142
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	101,499	269,437
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	104,767	271,674
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	108,171	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

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, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.