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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	Iceland	Finland	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	5,166	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	5,176	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	5,188	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	5,201	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	5,213	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	5,228	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	5,246	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	5,266	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	5,289	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	5,313	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	5,339	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	5,363	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	5,388	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	5,414	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	5,439	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	5,463	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	5,481	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	5,495	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	5,508	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	5,516	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	5,522	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	5,531	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	5,542	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	5,556	530

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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