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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	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	5,166	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	5,176	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	5,188	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	5,201	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	5,213	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	5,228	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	5,246	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	5,266	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	5,289	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	5,313	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	5,339	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	5,363	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	5,388	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	5,414	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	5,439	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	5,463	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	5,481	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	5,495	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	5,508	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	5,516	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	5,522	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	5,531	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	5,542	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	5,556	7,666

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