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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Afghanistan	Oman	Indonesia
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	2,348	208,105
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	2,403	211,408
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	2,457	214,475
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	2,510	217,516
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	2,562	220,549
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	2,613	224,473
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	2,663	227,534
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	2,713	230,739
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	2,764	233,918
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	2,816	237,056
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	2,871	240,140
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	2,928	243,171
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	2,986	246,150
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	3,047	249,086
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	3,110	251,947
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	3,174	254,702
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	3,240	257,351
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	3,307	259,906
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	3,375	262,379
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	3,444	264,789
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	3,512	267,142
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	3,582	269,437
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	3,651	271,674
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	3,696	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.

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

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