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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	Barbados	Indonesia	Moldova	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	208,105	4,244	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	211,408	4,199	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	214,475	4,154	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	217,516	4,108	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	220,549	4,059	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	224,473	4,013	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	227,534	3,966	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	230,739	3,919	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	233,918	3,873	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	237,056	3,829	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	240,140	3,788	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	243,171	3,748	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	246,150	3,709	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	249,086	3,671	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	251,947	3,633	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	254,702	3,595	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	257,351	3,558	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	259,906	3,522	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	262,379	3,485	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	264,789	3,448	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	267,142	3,412	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	269,437	3,376	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	271,674	3,339	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	273,409	3,570	530

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 Barbados, Moldova, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.