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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 BarbadosFinlandOmanComoros
2735,1662,348531
2745,1762,403545
2755,1882,457559
2765,2012,510574
2785,2132,562590
2795,2282,613606
2805,2462,663623
2815,2662,713640
2825,2892,764657
2835,3132,816674
2855,3392,871690
2865,3632,928706
2875,3882,986722
2885,4143,047737
2895,4393,110752
2905,4633,174767
2915,4813,240781
2915,4953,307795
2925,5083,375808
2935,5163,444821
2945,5223,512837
2945,5313,582853
2955,5423,651869
2955,5563,696885

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, Oman, Comoros; the database as a whole is cited above.