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