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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date IndonesiaBangladesh
208,105132,907
211,408135,207
214,475137,420
217,516139,573
220,549141,650
224,473143,644
227,534145,546
230,739147,376
233,918149,047
237,056150,562
240,140152,189
243,171153,927
246,150155,634
249,086157,326
251,947158,999
254,702160,650
257,351162,273
259,906163,938
262,379165,655
264,789167,358
267,142169,045
269,437170,709
271,674172,354
273,409174,217

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

Bangladesh

  • 1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995