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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	Romania	Oman	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	208,105	22,414	2,348	273
Dec 31, 2000	211,408	22,262	2,403	274
Dec 31, 2001	214,475	22,106	2,457	275
Dec 31, 2002	217,516	21,931	2,510	276
Dec 31, 2003	220,549	21,828	2,562	278
Dec 31, 2004	224,473	21,704	2,613	279
Dec 31, 2005	227,534	21,571	2,663	280
Dec 31, 2006	230,739	21,443	2,713	281
Dec 31, 2007	233,918	21,129	2,764	282
Dec 31, 2008	237,056	20,779	2,816	283
Dec 31, 2009	240,140	20,607	2,871	285
Dec 31, 2010	243,171	20,485	2,928	286
Dec 31, 2011	246,150	20,385	2,986	287
Dec 31, 2012	249,086	20,296	3,047	288
Dec 31, 2013	251,947	20,224	3,110	289
Dec 31, 2014	254,702	20,151	3,174	290
Dec 31, 2015	257,351	20,055	3,240	291
Dec 31, 2016	259,906	19,938	3,307	291
Dec 31, 2017	262,379	19,823	3,375	292
Dec 31, 2018	264,789	19,713	3,444	293
Dec 31, 2019	267,142	19,622	3,512	294
Dec 31, 2020	269,437	19,496	3,582	294
Dec 31, 2021	271,674	19,351	3,651	295
Dec 31, 2022	273,409	19,266	3,696	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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

No separate list is published for Oman, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.