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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	Qatar	Albania	Indonesia
Dec 31, 1999	627	3,085	208,105
Dec 31, 2000	659	3,065	211,408
Dec 31, 2001	691	3,047	214,475
Dec 31, 2002	724	3,038	217,516
Dec 31, 2003	757	3,026	220,549
Dec 31, 2004	850	3,014	224,473
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	2,998	227,534
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	2,979	230,739
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	2,957	233,918
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	2,934	237,056
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	2,915	240,140
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	2,900	243,171
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	2,892	246,150
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	2,888	249,086
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	2,882	251,947
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	2,876	254,702
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	2,868	257,351
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	2,863	259,906
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	2,861	262,379
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	2,854	264,789
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	2,842	267,142
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	2,825	269,437
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	2,799	271,674
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	2,787	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 Qatar, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.