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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	Iceland	Slovenia	Indonesia
Dec 31, 1999	277	1,998	208,105
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,004	211,408
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,006	214,475
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,009	217,516
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,010	220,549
Dec 31, 2004	293	2,011	224,473
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,015	227,534
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,022	230,739
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,033	233,918
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,036	237,056
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,056	240,140
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,063	243,171
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,067	246,150
Dec 31, 2012	321	2,071	249,086
Dec 31, 2013	324	2,074	251,947
Dec 31, 2014	327	2,076	254,702
Dec 31, 2015	331	2,078	257,351
Dec 31, 2016	335	2,079	259,906
Dec 31, 2017	343	2,081	262,379
Dec 31, 2018	353	2,087	264,789
Dec 31, 2019	361	2,104	267,142
Dec 31, 2020	366	2,118	269,437
Dec 31, 2021	372	2,123	271,674
Dec 31, 2022	380	2,124	273,409

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

Slovenia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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