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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	Vietnam
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,166	78,394
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,176	79,472
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,188	80,546
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,201	81,637
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,213	82,720
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,228	83,821
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,246	84,942
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,266	86,036
Dec 31, 2007	282	5,289	87,136
Dec 31, 2008	283	5,313	88,253
Dec 31, 2009	285	5,339	89,373
Dec 31, 2010	286	5,363	90,481
Dec 31, 2011	287	5,388	91,591
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,414	92,720
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,439	93,883
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,463	95,055
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,481	96,222
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,495	97,380
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,508	98,507
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,516	99,604
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,522	100,695
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,531	101,771
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,542	102,815
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,556	103,574

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