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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Australia	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	18,692	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	18,907	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	19,151	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	19,371	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	19,595	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	19,805	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	20,048	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	20,320	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	20,694	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	21,113	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	21,553	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	21,891	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	22,197	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	22,588	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	22,980	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	23,326	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	23,664	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	24,036	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	24,445	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	24,823	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	25,204	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	25,529	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	25,574	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	25,826	5,556

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

Australia

1820-1828: Butlin, N.G. 'Our 200 Years', Queesland Calendar, 1988
1828-1860: N.G. Butlin, "Contours of the Australian Economy 1788-1860", Australian Economic Review, Sept. 1986, pp. 112-13;
1861-1938/9: N.G. Butlin, Australian Domestic Product, Investment and Foreign Borrowing 1861-1938/9, Cambridge, 1962,pp.460-1; amdended as indicated in N.G. Butlin, Investment in Australian Economic Development 1861-19000, Cambridge, 1964, p. 453 and with revised deflator shown in M.W. Butlin, A Preliminary Annual Databae 1900/1901 to 1973/1974, Discussion Paper 7701, Reserve Bank of Australia, 1977, p. 41
1938/9-1950: from expenditure aggregates in 1966/7 prices in M.W. Butlin, RS/FLW/, p.85.

Finland

1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.