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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Moldova	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	4,244	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	4,199	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	4,154	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	4,108	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	4,059	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	4,013	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	3,966	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	3,919	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	3,873	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	3,829	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	3,788	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	3,748	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	3,709	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	3,671	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	3,633	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	3,595	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	3,558	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	3,522	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	3,485	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	3,448	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	3,412	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	3,376	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	3,339	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	3,570	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.

All data sources

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 Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.