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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosCape VerdeOmanFinland
2734222,3485,166
2744302,4035,176
2754382,4575,188
2764472,5105,201
2784552,5625,213
2794632,6135,228
2804712,6635,246
2814782,7135,266
2824862,7645,289
2834942,8165,313
2855012,8715,339
2865092,9285,363
2875162,9865,388
2885243,0475,414
2895313,1105,439
2905393,1745,463
2915463,2405,481
2915533,3075,495
2925623,3755,508
2935683,4445,516
2945743,5125,522
2945803,5825,531
2955853,6515,542
2955903,6965,556

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, Cape Verde, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.