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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 BarbadosFinlandParaguay
2735,1665,366
2745,1765,473
2755,1885,579
2765,2015,683
2785,2135,786
2795,2285,886
2805,2465,984
2815,2666,080
2825,2896,173
2835,3136,264
2855,3396,352
2865,3636,438
2875,3886,522
2885,4146,605
2895,4396,688
2905,4636,769
2915,4816,850
2915,4956,930
2925,5087,012
2935,5167,095
2945,5227,179
2945,5317,263
2955,5427,348
2955,5567,432

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