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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	Mauritius
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,166	1,173
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,176	1,186
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,188	1,199
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,201	1,211
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,213	1,222
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,228	1,233
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,246	1,243
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,266	1,253
Dec 31, 2007	282	5,289	1,261
Dec 31, 2008	283	5,313	1,269
Dec 31, 2009	285	5,339	1,276
Dec 31, 2010	286	5,363	1,282
Dec 31, 2011	287	5,388	1,286
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,414	1,288
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,439	1,291
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,463	1,294
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,481	1,296
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,495	1,298
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,508	1,300
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,516	1,302
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,522	1,304
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,531	1,305
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,542	1,307
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,556	1,307

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