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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	Uganda	Burkina Faso	Indonesia
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,408	11,075	208,105
Dec 31, 2000	274	24,195	11,405	211,408
Dec 31, 2001	275	24,992	11,828	214,475
Dec 31, 2002	276	25,846	12,380	217,516
Dec 31, 2003	278	26,661	12,829	220,549
Dec 31, 2004	279	27,414	13,178	224,473
Dec 31, 2005	280	28,200	13,540	227,534
Dec 31, 2006	281	29,021	13,917	230,739
Dec 31, 2007	282	29,846	14,309	233,918
Dec 31, 2008	283	30,647	14,722	237,056
Dec 31, 2009	285	31,469	15,152	240,140
Dec 31, 2010	286	32,343	15,600	243,171
Dec 31, 2011	287	33,257	16,064	246,150
Dec 31, 2012	288	34,234	16,563	249,086
Dec 31, 2013	289	35,271	17,072	251,947
Dec 31, 2014	290	36,419	17,575	254,702
Dec 31, 2015	291	37,673	18,094	257,351
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,157	18,621	259,906
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,879	19,157	262,379
Dec 31, 2018	293	42,329	19,698	264,789
Dec 31, 2019	294	43,639	20,242	267,142
Dec 31, 2020	294	45,120	20,788	269,437
Dec 31, 2021	295	46,645	21,336	271,674
Dec 31, 2022	295	48,065	21,889	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

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.