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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	Albania	Finland	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,085	5,166	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,065	5,176	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,047	5,188	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,038	5,201	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,026	5,213	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,014	5,228	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,998	5,246	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,979	5,266	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,957	5,289	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,934	5,313	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,915	5,339	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,900	5,363	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,892	5,388	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,888	5,414	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,882	5,439	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,876	5,463	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,868	5,481	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,863	5,495	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,861	5,508	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,854	5,516	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,842	5,522	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,825	5,531	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,799	5,542	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,787	5,556	167

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, Albania, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.