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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Ethiopia	Oman	Indonesia
Dec 31, 1999	63,575	2,348	208,105
Dec 31, 2000	65,213	2,403	211,408
Dec 31, 2001	66,889	2,457	214,475
Dec 31, 2002	68,649	2,510	217,516
Dec 31, 2003	70,491	2,562	220,549
Dec 31, 2004	72,389	2,613	224,473
Dec 31, 2005	74,327	2,663	227,534
Dec 31, 2006	76,326	2,713	230,739
Dec 31, 2007	78,411	2,764	233,918
Dec 31, 2008	80,564	2,816	237,056
Dec 31, 2009	82,787	2,871	240,140
Dec 31, 2010	85,096	2,928	243,171
Dec 31, 2011	87,530	2,986	246,150
Dec 31, 2012	90,066	3,047	249,086
Dec 31, 2013	92,632	3,110	251,947
Dec 31, 2014	95,337	3,174	254,702
Dec 31, 2015	98,114	3,240	257,351
Dec 31, 2016	100,858	3,307	259,906
Dec 31, 2017	103,654	3,375	262,379
Dec 31, 2018	106,466	3,444	264,789
Dec 31, 2019	109,267	3,512	267,142
Dec 31, 2020	112,100	3,582	269,437
Dec 31, 2021	114,964	3,651	271,674
Dec 31, 2022	117,924	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.

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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 Ethiopia, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.