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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	Burkina Faso	Finland	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	5,166	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	5,176	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	5,188	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	5,201	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	5,213	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	5,228	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	5,246	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	5,266	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	5,289	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	5,313	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	5,339	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	5,363	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	5,388	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	5,414	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	5,439	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	5,463	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	5,481	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	5,495	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	5,508	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	5,516	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	5,522	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	5,531	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	5,542	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	5,556	530

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