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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	Dominica	Finland	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	5,166	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	5,176	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	5,188	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	5,201	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	5,213	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	5,228	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	5,246	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	5,266	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	5,289	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	5,313	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	5,339	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	5,363	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	5,388	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	5,414	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	5,439	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	5,463	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	5,481	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	5,495	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	5,508	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	5,516	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	5,522	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	5,531	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	5,542	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	5,556	1,330

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, Dominica, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.