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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	Malta	Estonia	Indonesia
Dec 31, 1999	387	1,378	208,105
Dec 31, 2000	390	1,400	211,408
Dec 31, 2001	393	1,391	214,475
Dec 31, 2002	396	1,382	217,516
Dec 31, 2003	398	1,374	220,549
Dec 31, 2004	401	1,365	224,473
Dec 31, 2005	404	1,357	227,534
Dec 31, 2006	405	1,349	230,739
Dec 31, 2007	406	1,341	233,918
Dec 31, 2008	409	1,337	237,056
Dec 31, 2009	412	1,334	240,140
Dec 31, 2010	414	1,332	243,171
Dec 31, 2011	416	1,328	246,150
Dec 31, 2012	420	1,324	249,086
Dec 31, 2013	426	1,319	251,947
Dec 31, 2014	435	1,314	254,702
Dec 31, 2015	445	1,312	257,351
Dec 31, 2016	455	1,314	259,906
Dec 31, 2017	468	1,314	262,379
Dec 31, 2018	485	1,318	264,789
Dec 31, 2019	504	1,323	267,142
Dec 31, 2020	516	1,327	269,437
Dec 31, 2021	518	1,329	271,674
Dec 31, 2022	530	1,330	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

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, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.