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Population, long-run history by country
Population, long-run history
Annual, Persons, thousands
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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
| Date | Indonesia | Lebanon | Barbados |
|---|---|---|---|
| 208,105 | 3,460 | 273 | |
| 211,408 | 3,499 | 274 | |
| 214,475 | 3,554 | 275 | |
| 217,516 | 3,610 | 276 | |
| 220,549 | 3,665 | 278 | |
| 224,473 | 3,721 | 279 | |
| 227,534 | 3,777 | 280 | |
| 230,739 | 3,853 | 281 | |
| 233,918 | 3,954 | 282 | |
| 237,056 | 4,036 | 283 | |
| 240,140 | 4,082 | 285 | |
| 243,171 | 4,097 | 286 | |
| 246,150 | 4,115 | 287 | |
| 249,086 | 4,206 | 288 | |
| 251,947 | 4,696 | 289 | |
| 254,702 | 5,365 | 290 | |
| 257,351 | 5,640 | 291 | |
| 259,906 | 5,688 | 291 | |
| 262,379 | 5,680 | 292 | |
| 264,789 | 5,562 | 293 | |
| 267,142 | 5,331 | 294 | |
| 269,437 | 4,986 | 294 | |
| 271,674 | 4,802 | 295 | |
| 273,409 | 4,713 | 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.
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
Lebanon
- 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828
No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.