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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	Indonesia	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	387	208,105	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	390	211,408	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	393	214,475	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	396	217,516	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	398	220,549	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	401	224,473	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	404	227,534	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	405	230,739	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	406	233,918	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	409	237,056	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	412	240,140	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	414	243,171	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	416	246,150	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	420	249,086	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	426	251,947	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	435	254,702	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	445	257,351	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	455	259,906	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	468	262,379	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	485	264,789	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	504	267,142	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	516	269,437	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	518	271,674	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	530	273,409	3,228

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, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.