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

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