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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	St. Lucia	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	152	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	153	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	154	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	155	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	156	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	157	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	157	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	158	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	159	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	160	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	160	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	161	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	162	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	162	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	163	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	163	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	164	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	164	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	165	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	166	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	166	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	167	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	167	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	167	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

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, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.