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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	Hong Kong SAR China	Burkina Faso	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	273	6,587	11,075	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	274	6,646	11,405	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	275	6,695	11,828	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	276	6,725	12,380	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	278	6,712	12,829	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	279	6,765	13,178	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	280	6,794	13,540	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,838	13,917	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,897	14,309	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,938	14,722	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,953	15,152	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,004	15,600	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,052	16,064	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	288	7,130	16,563	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,159	17,072	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	290	7,209	17,575	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	291	7,271	18,094	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,316	18,621	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,372	19,157	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,432	19,698	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,487	20,242	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,460	20,788	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,392	21,336	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,387	21,889	5,556

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, Hong Kong SAR China, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.