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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	Palestinian Territories	Romania	Indonesia
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,996	22,414	208,105
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,075	22,262	211,408
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,155	22,106	214,475
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,235	21,931	217,516
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,315	21,828	220,549
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,396	21,704	224,473
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,478	21,571	227,534
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,559	21,443	230,739
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,642	21,129	233,918
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,727	20,779	237,056
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,817	20,607	240,140
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,907	20,485	243,171
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,997	20,385	246,150
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,088	20,296	249,086
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,178	20,224	251,947
Dec 31, 2014	290	4,269	20,151	254,702
Dec 31, 2015	291	4,359	20,055	257,351
Dec 31, 2016	291	4,451	19,938	259,906
Dec 31, 2017	292	4,533	19,823	262,379
Dec 31, 2018	293	4,615	19,713	264,789
Dec 31, 2019	294	4,715	19,622	267,142
Dec 31, 2020	294	4,820	19,496	269,437
Dec 31, 2021	295	4,930	19,351	271,674
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,042	19,266	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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.