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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	Paraguay	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	208,105	5,366	387
Dec 31, 2000	211,408	5,473	390
Dec 31, 2001	214,475	5,579	393
Dec 31, 2002	217,516	5,683	396
Dec 31, 2003	220,549	5,786	398
Dec 31, 2004	224,473	5,886	401
Dec 31, 2005	227,534	5,984	404
Dec 31, 2006	230,739	6,080	405
Dec 31, 2007	233,918	6,173	406
Dec 31, 2008	237,056	6,264	409
Dec 31, 2009	240,140	6,352	412
Dec 31, 2010	243,171	6,438	414
Dec 31, 2011	246,150	6,522	416
Dec 31, 2012	249,086	6,605	420
Dec 31, 2013	251,947	6,688	426
Dec 31, 2014	254,702	6,769	435
Dec 31, 2015	257,351	6,850	445
Dec 31, 2016	259,906	6,930	455
Dec 31, 2017	262,379	7,012	468
Dec 31, 2018	264,789	7,095	485
Dec 31, 2019	267,142	7,179	504
Dec 31, 2020	269,437	7,263	516
Dec 31, 2021	271,674	7,348	518
Dec 31, 2022	273,409	7,432	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 Paraguay, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.