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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	Sudan	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	208,105	26,168	387
Dec 31, 2000	211,408	26,771	390
Dec 31, 2001	214,475	27,387	393
Dec 31, 2002	217,516	28,017	396
Dec 31, 2003	220,549	28,662	398
Dec 31, 2004	224,473	29,321	401
Dec 31, 2005	227,534	29,996	404
Dec 31, 2006	230,739	30,686	405
Dec 31, 2007	233,918	31,393	406
Dec 31, 2008	237,056	32,137	409
Dec 31, 2009	240,140	33,078	412
Dec 31, 2010	243,171	33,891	414
Dec 31, 2011	246,150	34,568	416
Dec 31, 2012	249,086	35,293	420
Dec 31, 2013	251,947	36,093	426
Dec 31, 2014	254,702	37,058	435
Dec 31, 2015	257,351	38,165	445
Dec 31, 2016	259,906	39,294	455
Dec 31, 2017	262,379	40,512	468
Dec 31, 2018	264,789	41,764	485
Dec 31, 2019	267,142	42,952	504
Dec 31, 2020	269,437	44,121	516
Dec 31, 2021	271,674	45,290	518
Dec 31, 2022	273,409	46,498	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 Sudan, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.