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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	Indonesia	Denmark	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	208,105	5,322	387
Dec 31, 2000	211,408	5,339	390
Dec 31, 2001	214,475	5,358	393
Dec 31, 2002	217,516	5,377	396
Dec 31, 2003	220,549	5,391	398
Dec 31, 2004	224,473	5,404	401
Dec 31, 2005	227,534	5,420	404
Dec 31, 2006	230,739	5,438	405
Dec 31, 2007	233,918	5,461	406
Dec 31, 2008	237,056	5,494	409
Dec 31, 2009	240,140	5,524	412
Dec 31, 2010	243,171	5,548	414
Dec 31, 2011	246,150	5,571	416
Dec 31, 2012	249,086	5,592	420
Dec 31, 2013	251,947	5,614	426
Dec 31, 2014	254,702	5,644	435
Dec 31, 2015	257,351	5,683	445
Dec 31, 2016	259,906	5,730	455
Dec 31, 2017	262,379	5,766	468
Dec 31, 2018	264,789	5,795	485
Dec 31, 2019	267,142	5,818	504
Dec 31, 2020	269,437	5,831	516
Dec 31, 2021	271,674	5,855	518
Dec 31, 2022	273,409	5,907	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 Denmark, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.