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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	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	387	208,105	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	390	211,408	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	393	214,475	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	396	217,516	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	398	220,549	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	401	224,473	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	404	227,534	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	405	230,739	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	406	233,918	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	409	237,056	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	412	240,140	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	414	243,171	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	416	246,150	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	420	249,086	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	426	251,947	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	435	254,702	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	445	257,351	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	455	259,906	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	468	262,379	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	485	264,789	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	504	267,142	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	516	269,437	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	518	271,674	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	530	273,409	31,058

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