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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	Puerto Rico	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	208,105	3,800	387
Dec 31, 2000	211,408	3,811	390
Dec 31, 2001	214,475	3,819	393
Dec 31, 2002	217,516	3,824	396
Dec 31, 2003	220,549	3,826	398
Dec 31, 2004	224,473	3,827	401
Dec 31, 2005	227,534	3,822	404
Dec 31, 2006	230,739	3,805	405
Dec 31, 2007	233,918	3,783	406
Dec 31, 2008	237,056	3,761	409
Dec 31, 2009	240,140	3,741	412
Dec 31, 2010	243,171	3,722	414
Dec 31, 2011	246,150	3,679	416
Dec 31, 2012	249,086	3,636	420
Dec 31, 2013	251,947	3,589	426
Dec 31, 2014	254,702	3,534	435
Dec 31, 2015	257,351	3,473	445
Dec 31, 2016	259,906	3,411	455
Dec 31, 2017	262,379	3,352	468
Dec 31, 2018	264,789	3,295	485
Dec 31, 2019	267,142	3,268	504
Dec 31, 2020	269,437	3,247	516
Dec 31, 2021	271,674	3,232	518
Dec 31, 2022	273,409	3,228	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 Puerto Rico, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.