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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	Barbados	Afghanistan	Burkina Faso	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,206	11,075	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,461	11,405	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,507	11,828	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	276	23,600	12,380	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	278	25,005	12,829	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	279	25,698	13,178	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	280	26,335	13,540	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	281	27,154	13,917	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	282	27,387	14,309	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,706	14,722	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	285	28,484	15,152	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	286	29,121	15,600	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	287	29,758	16,064	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	288	30,420	16,563	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	289	31,108	17,072	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	290	31,823	17,575	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	291	32,564	18,094	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	291	33,332	18,621	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	292	34,125	19,157	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	293	34,941	19,698	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	294	35,972	20,242	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	294	37,034	20,788	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	295	38,127	21,336	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	295	39,252	21,889	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

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, Afghanistan, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.