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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 MaltaBurkina FasoIndonesia
38711,075208,105
39011,405211,408
39311,828214,475
39612,380217,516
39812,829220,549
40113,178224,473
40413,540227,534
40513,917230,739
40614,309233,918
40914,722237,056
41215,152240,140
41415,600243,171
41616,064246,150
42016,563249,086
42617,072251,947
43517,575254,702
44518,094257,351
45518,621259,906
46819,157262,379
48519,698264,789
50420,242267,142
51620,788269,437
51821,336271,674
53021,889273,409

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

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 Malta, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.