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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Indonesia	Uganda	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	208,105	23,408	273
Dec 31, 2000	211,408	24,195	274
Dec 31, 2001	214,475	24,992	275
Dec 31, 2002	217,516	25,846	276
Dec 31, 2003	220,549	26,661	278
Dec 31, 2004	224,473	27,414	279
Dec 31, 2005	227,534	28,200	280
Dec 31, 2006	230,739	29,021	281
Dec 31, 2007	233,918	29,846	282
Dec 31, 2008	237,056	30,647	283
Dec 31, 2009	240,140	31,469	285
Dec 31, 2010	243,171	32,343	286
Dec 31, 2011	246,150	33,257	287
Dec 31, 2012	249,086	34,234	288
Dec 31, 2013	251,947	35,271	289
Dec 31, 2014	254,702	36,419	290
Dec 31, 2015	257,351	37,673	291
Dec 31, 2016	259,906	39,157	291
Dec 31, 2017	262,379	40,879	292
Dec 31, 2018	264,789	42,329	293
Dec 31, 2019	267,142	43,639	294
Dec 31, 2020	269,437	45,120	294
Dec 31, 2021	271,674	46,645	295
Dec 31, 2022	273,409	48,065	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

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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