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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	South Africa	Indonesia
Dec 31, 1999	273	46,257	208,105
Dec 31, 2000	274	46,958	211,408
Dec 31, 2001	275	47,820	214,475
Dec 31, 2002	276	48,480	217,516
Dec 31, 2003	278	48,951	220,549
Dec 31, 2004	279	49,478	224,473
Dec 31, 2005	280	50,054	227,534
Dec 31, 2006	281	50,667	230,739
Dec 31, 2007	282	51,339	233,918
Dec 31, 2008	283	52,077	237,056
Dec 31, 2009	285	52,862	240,140
Dec 31, 2010	286	53,682	243,171
Dec 31, 2011	287	54,518	246,150
Dec 31, 2012	288	55,356	249,086
Dec 31, 2013	289	56,215	251,947
Dec 31, 2014	290	57,075	254,702
Dec 31, 2015	291	57,947	257,351
Dec 31, 2016	291	58,830	259,906
Dec 31, 2017	292	59,715	262,379
Dec 31, 2018	293	60,595	264,789
Dec 31, 2019	294	61,469	267,142
Dec 31, 2020	294	62,355	269,437
Dec 31, 2021	295	62,900	271,674
Dec 31, 2022	295	63,382	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

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

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; the database as a whole is cited above.