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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominica	Indonesia	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	70	208,105	387
Dec 31, 2000	71	211,408	390
Dec 31, 2001	71	214,475	393
Dec 31, 2002	72	217,516	396
Dec 31, 2003	72	220,549	398
Dec 31, 2004	72	224,473	401
Dec 31, 2005	72	227,534	404
Dec 31, 2006	72	230,739	405
Dec 31, 2007	72	233,918	406
Dec 31, 2008	73	237,056	409
Dec 31, 2009	73	240,140	412
Dec 31, 2010	73	243,171	414
Dec 31, 2011	73	246,150	416
Dec 31, 2012	73	249,086	420
Dec 31, 2013	73	251,947	426
Dec 31, 2014	73	254,702	435
Dec 31, 2015	74	257,351	445
Dec 31, 2016	74	259,906	455
Dec 31, 2017	74	262,379	468
Dec 31, 2018	74	264,789	485
Dec 31, 2019	75	267,142	504
Dec 31, 2020	75	269,437	516
Dec 31, 2021	76	271,674	518
Dec 31, 2022	76	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.

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