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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	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Barbados	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	273	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	274	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	275	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	276	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	278	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	279	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	280	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	281	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	282	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	283	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	285	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	286	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	287	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	288	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	289	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	290	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	291	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	291	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	292	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	293	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	294	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	294	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	295	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	295	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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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.

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.