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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 BarbadosFinlandMoldovaMalta
2735,1664,244387
2745,1764,199390
2755,1884,154393
2765,2014,108396
2785,2134,059398
2795,2284,013401
2805,2463,966404
2815,2663,919405
2825,2893,873406
2835,3133,829409
2855,3393,788412
2865,3633,748414
2875,3883,709416
2885,4143,671420
2895,4393,633426
2905,4633,595435
2915,4813,558445
2915,4953,522455
2925,5083,485468
2935,5163,448485
2945,5223,412504
2945,5313,376516
2955,5423,339518
2955,5563,570530

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