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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date DominicaOmanBurkina FasoIndonesia
702,34811,075208,105
712,40311,405211,408
712,45711,828214,475
722,51012,380217,516
722,56212,829220,549
722,61313,178224,473
722,66313,540227,534
722,71313,917230,739
722,76414,309233,918
732,81614,722237,056
732,87115,152240,140
732,92815,600243,171
732,98616,064246,150
733,04716,563249,086
733,11017,072251,947
733,17417,575254,702
743,24018,094257,351
743,30718,621259,906
743,37519,157262,379
743,44419,698264,789
753,51220,242267,142
753,58220,788269,437
763,65121,336271,674
763,69621,889273,409

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

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