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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	Algeria
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,166	30,083
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,176	30,515
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,188	30,952
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,201	31,397
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,213	31,847
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,228	32,320
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,246	32,785
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,266	33,286
Dec 31, 2007	282	5,289	33,866
Dec 31, 2008	283	5,313	34,480
Dec 31, 2009	285	5,339	35,126
Dec 31, 2010	286	5,363	35,805
Dec 31, 2011	287	5,388	36,506
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,414	37,215
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,439	37,930
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,463	38,650
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,481	39,372
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,495	40,087
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,508	40,787
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,516	41,471
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,522	42,135
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,531	42,779
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,542	43,401
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,556	44,114

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