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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	Oman	Indonesia	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,348	208,105	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,403	211,408	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,457	214,475	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,510	217,516	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,562	220,549	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,613	224,473	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,663	227,534	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,713	230,739	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,764	233,918	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,816	237,056	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,871	240,140	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,928	243,171	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,986	246,150	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,047	249,086	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,110	251,947	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,174	254,702	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,240	257,351	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,307	259,906	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,375	262,379	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,444	264,789	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,512	267,142	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,582	269,437	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,651	271,674	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,696	273,409	167

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