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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	Cape Verde	Burkina Faso	Indonesia
Dec 31, 1999	422	11,075	208,105
Dec 31, 2000	430	11,405	211,408
Dec 31, 2001	438	11,828	214,475
Dec 31, 2002	447	12,380	217,516
Dec 31, 2003	455	12,829	220,549
Dec 31, 2004	463	13,178	224,473
Dec 31, 2005	471	13,540	227,534
Dec 31, 2006	478	13,917	230,739
Dec 31, 2007	486	14,309	233,918
Dec 31, 2008	494	14,722	237,056
Dec 31, 2009	501	15,152	240,140
Dec 31, 2010	509	15,600	243,171
Dec 31, 2011	516	16,064	246,150
Dec 31, 2012	524	16,563	249,086
Dec 31, 2013	531	17,072	251,947
Dec 31, 2014	539	17,575	254,702
Dec 31, 2015	546	18,094	257,351
Dec 31, 2016	553	18,621	259,906
Dec 31, 2017	562	19,157	262,379
Dec 31, 2018	568	19,698	264,789
Dec 31, 2019	574	20,242	267,142
Dec 31, 2020	580	20,788	269,437
Dec 31, 2021	585	21,336	271,674
Dec 31, 2022	590	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.

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