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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	Indonesia	Afghanistan	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	208,105	22,206	273
Dec 31, 2000	211,408	22,461	274
Dec 31, 2001	214,475	22,507	275
Dec 31, 2002	217,516	23,600	276
Dec 31, 2003	220,549	25,005	278
Dec 31, 2004	224,473	25,698	279
Dec 31, 2005	227,534	26,335	280
Dec 31, 2006	230,739	27,154	281
Dec 31, 2007	233,918	27,387	282
Dec 31, 2008	237,056	27,706	283
Dec 31, 2009	240,140	28,484	285
Dec 31, 2010	243,171	29,121	286
Dec 31, 2011	246,150	29,758	287
Dec 31, 2012	249,086	30,420	288
Dec 31, 2013	251,947	31,108	289
Dec 31, 2014	254,702	31,823	290
Dec 31, 2015	257,351	32,564	291
Dec 31, 2016	259,906	33,332	291
Dec 31, 2017	262,379	34,125	292
Dec 31, 2018	264,789	34,941	293
Dec 31, 2019	267,142	35,972	294
Dec 31, 2020	269,437	37,034	294
Dec 31, 2021	271,674	38,127	295
Dec 31, 2022	273,409	39,252	295

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 Afghanistan, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.