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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Indonesia	Thailand	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	208,105	59,748	273
Dec 31, 2000	211,408	60,165	274
Dec 31, 2001	214,475	60,746	275
Dec 31, 2002	217,516	61,323	276
Dec 31, 2003	220,549	61,884	278
Dec 31, 2004	224,473	62,425	279
Dec 31, 2005	227,534	62,956	280
Dec 31, 2006	230,739	63,467	281
Dec 31, 2007	233,918	63,937	282
Dec 31, 2008	237,056	64,381	283
Dec 31, 2009	240,140	64,804	285
Dec 31, 2010	243,171	65,208	286
Dec 31, 2011	246,150	65,599	287
Dec 31, 2012	249,086	65,970	288
Dec 31, 2013	251,947	66,332	289
Dec 31, 2014	254,702	66,673	290
Dec 31, 2015	257,351	66,975	291
Dec 31, 2016	259,906	67,250	291
Dec 31, 2017	262,379	67,506	292
Dec 31, 2018	264,789	67,750	293
Dec 31, 2019	267,142	67,975	294
Dec 31, 2020	269,437	68,180	294
Dec 31, 2021	271,674	68,366	295
Dec 31, 2022	273,409	68,457	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.

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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

Thailand

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-50: Sompop Manarungsan, "Economic Development of Thailand, 1850-1950", University of Groningen, Ph. D. thesis, 1989

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