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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	Barbados	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	208,105	273	152
Dec 31, 2000	211,408	274	153
Dec 31, 2001	214,475	275	154
Dec 31, 2002	217,516	276	155
Dec 31, 2003	220,549	278	156
Dec 31, 2004	224,473	279	157
Dec 31, 2005	227,534	280	157
Dec 31, 2006	230,739	281	158
Dec 31, 2007	233,918	282	159
Dec 31, 2008	237,056	283	160
Dec 31, 2009	240,140	285	160
Dec 31, 2010	243,171	286	161
Dec 31, 2011	246,150	287	162
Dec 31, 2012	249,086	288	162
Dec 31, 2013	251,947	289	163
Dec 31, 2014	254,702	290	163
Dec 31, 2015	257,351	291	164
Dec 31, 2016	259,906	291	164
Dec 31, 2017	262,379	292	165
Dec 31, 2018	264,789	293	166
Dec 31, 2019	267,142	294	166
Dec 31, 2020	269,437	294	167
Dec 31, 2021	271,674	295	167
Dec 31, 2022	273,409	295	167

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