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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 BarbadosMaltaIndonesiaOman
273387208,1052,348
274390211,4082,403
275393214,4752,457
276396217,5162,510
278398220,5492,562
279401224,4732,613
280404227,5342,663
281405230,7392,713
282406233,9182,764
283409237,0562,816
285412240,1402,871
286414243,1712,928
287416246,1502,986
288420249,0863,047
289426251,9473,110
290435254,7023,174
291445257,3513,240
291455259,9063,307
292468262,3793,375
293485264,7893,444
294504267,1423,512
294516269,4373,582
295518271,6743,651
295530273,4093,696

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