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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	Finland	Angola
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,166	11,334
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,176	11,676
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,188	12,030
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,201	12,443
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,213	12,936
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,228	13,480
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,246	14,012
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,266	14,535
Dec 31, 2007	282	5,289	15,084
Dec 31, 2008	283	5,313	15,658
Dec 31, 2009	285	5,339	16,260
Dec 31, 2010	286	5,363	16,885
Dec 31, 2011	287	5,388	17,525
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,414	18,202
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,439	18,908
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,463	19,624
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,481	20,354
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,495	21,098
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,508	21,859
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,516	22,638
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,522	23,437
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,531	24,253
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,542	25,089
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,556	25,878

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.

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