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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosFinlandSt. Lucia
2735,166152
2745,176153
2755,188154
2765,201155
2785,213156
2795,228157
2805,246157
2815,266158
2825,289159
2835,313160
2855,339160
2865,363161
2875,388162
2885,414162
2895,439163
2905,463163
2915,481164
2915,495164
2925,508165
2935,516166
2945,522166
2945,531167
2955,542167
2955,556167

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, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.