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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 IndonesiaPalestinian TerritoriesBarbados
208,1052,996273
211,4083,075274
214,4753,155275
217,5163,235276
220,5493,315278
224,4733,396279
227,5343,478280
230,7393,559281
233,9183,642282
237,0563,727283
240,1403,817285
243,1713,907286
246,1503,997287
249,0864,088288
251,9474,178289
254,7024,269290
257,3514,359291
259,9064,451291
262,3794,533292
264,7894,615293
267,1424,715294
269,4374,820294
271,6744,930295
273,4095,042295

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