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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	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,166	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,176	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,188	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,201	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,213	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,228	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,246	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,266	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	5,289	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	5,313	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	5,339	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	5,363	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	5,388	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,414	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,439	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,463	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,481	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,495	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,508	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,516	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,522	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,531	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,542	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,556	651

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