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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	Ukraine
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,166	49,491
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,176	49,014
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,188	48,520
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,201	48,074
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,213	47,692
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,228	47,342
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,246	47,003
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,266	46,685
Dec 31, 2007	282	5,289	46,407
Dec 31, 2008	283	5,313	46,156
Dec 31, 2009	285	5,339	45,951
Dec 31, 2010	286	5,363	45,768
Dec 31, 2011	287	5,388	45,604
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,414	45,492
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,439	45,389
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,463	44,944
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,481	44,429
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,495	44,208
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,508	44,029
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,516	43,944
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,522	43,951
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,531	43,904
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,542	43,746
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,556	39,897

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