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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date IndonesiaPalestinian Territories
208,1052,996
211,4083,075
214,4753,155
217,5163,235
220,5493,315
224,4733,396
227,5343,478
230,7393,559
233,9183,642
237,0563,727
240,1403,817
243,1713,907
246,1503,997
249,0864,088
251,9474,178
254,7024,269
257,3514,359
259,9064,451
262,3794,533
264,7894,615
267,1424,715
269,4374,820
271,6744,930
273,4095,042

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 Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.