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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosFinlandLaosMalta
2735,1665,286387
2745,1765,397390
2755,1885,499393
2765,2015,578396
2785,2135,654398
2795,2285,746401
2805,2465,836404
2815,2665,931405
2825,2896,035406
2835,3136,145409
2855,3396,257412
2865,3636,368414
2875,3886,477416
2885,4146,586420
2895,4396,695426
2905,4636,804435
2915,4816,912445
2915,4957,019455
2925,5087,127468
2935,5167,234485
2945,5227,343504
2945,5317,452516
2955,5427,560518
2955,5567,666530

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