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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	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	5,166	78
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	5,176	79
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	5,188	80
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	5,201	81
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	5,213	82
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	5,228	83
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	5,246	84
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	5,266	85
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	5,289	86
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	5,313	87
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	5,339	87
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	5,363	88
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	5,388	89
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	5,414	90
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	5,439	91
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	5,463	92
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	5,481	92
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	5,495	93
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	5,508	94
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	5,516	95
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	5,522	96
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	5,531	97
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	5,542	98
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	5,556	98

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, Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.