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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	Central African Republic	Albania	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,889	3,085	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,980	3,065	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,054	3,047	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,128	3,038	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,215	3,026	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,289	3,014	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,363	2,998	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,449	2,979	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,544	2,957	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,641	2,934	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,742	2,915	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,845	2,900	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,950	2,892	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,057	2,888	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,167	2,882	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,278	2,876	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,392	2,868	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,507	2,863	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,625	2,861	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,745	2,854	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,874	2,842	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,025	2,825	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	295	6,154	2,799	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	295	6,291	2,787	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, Central African Republic, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.