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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	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	5,166	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	5,176	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	5,188	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	5,201	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	5,213	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	5,228	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	5,246	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	5,266	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	5,289	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	5,313	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	5,339	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	5,363	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	5,388	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	5,414	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	5,439	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	5,463	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	5,481	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	5,495	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	5,508	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	5,516	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	5,522	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	5,531	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	5,542	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	5,556	46,498

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