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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Indonesia	Sweden
Dec 31, 1999	208,105	8,858
Dec 31, 2000	211,408	8,872
Dec 31, 2001	214,475	8,896
Dec 31, 2002	217,516	8,925
Dec 31, 2003	220,549	8,958
Dec 31, 2004	224,473	8,994
Dec 31, 2005	227,534	9,030
Dec 31, 2006	230,739	9,081
Dec 31, 2007	233,918	9,148
Dec 31, 2008	237,056	9,220
Dec 31, 2009	240,140	9,299
Dec 31, 2010	243,171	9,378
Dec 31, 2011	246,150	9,449
Dec 31, 2012	249,086	9,519
Dec 31, 2013	251,947	9,600
Dec 31, 2014	254,702	9,696
Dec 31, 2015	257,351	9,799
Dec 31, 2016	259,906	9,923
Dec 31, 2017	262,379	10,058
Dec 31, 2018	264,789	10,175
Dec 31, 2019	267,142	10,279
Dec 31, 2020	269,437	10,354
Dec 31, 2021	271,674	10,416
Dec 31, 2022	273,409	10,487

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

Sweden

1300–1560: Krantz, O. (2017) “Swedish GDP 1300-1560 A Tentative Estimate” Lund Papers in Economic History: General Issues; No. 152.
1560–1950: Schön, L., and O. Krantz (2015) “New Swedish Historical National Accounts since the 16th Century in Constant and Current Prices” Lund Papers in Economic History no. 140