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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United Arab Emirates	Congo - Kinshasa	Indonesia
Dec 31, 1999	3,101	51,181	208,105
Dec 31, 2000	3,284	52,782	211,408
Dec 31, 2001	3,458	54,453	214,475
Dec 31, 2002	3,613	56,170	217,516
Dec 31, 2003	3,754	57,860	220,549
Dec 31, 2004	3,882	59,599	224,473
Dec 31, 2005	4,000	61,474	227,534
Dec 31, 2006	4,532	63,479	230,739
Dec 31, 2007	5,623	65,590	233,918
Dec 31, 2008	7,277	67,800	237,056
Dec 31, 2009	8,164	70,114	240,140
Dec 31, 2010	8,152	72,550	243,171
Dec 31, 2011	8,438	75,138	246,150
Dec 31, 2012	8,747	77,792	249,086
Dec 31, 2013	9,077	80,534	251,947
Dec 31, 2014	9,321	83,368	254,702
Dec 31, 2015	9,461	86,229	257,351
Dec 31, 2016	9,587	89,193	259,906
Dec 31, 2017	9,699	92,209	262,379
Dec 31, 2018	9,796	95,232	264,789
Dec 31, 2019	9,879	98,320	267,142
Dec 31, 2020	9,953	101,499	269,437
Dec 31, 2021	10,018	104,767	271,674
Dec 31, 2022	10,099	108,171	273,409

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 United Arab Emirates, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.