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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosCambodiaRomaniaFinland
27312,12222,4145,166
27412,31722,2625,176
27512,50422,1065,188
27612,69121,9315,201
27812,88121,8285,213
27913,07621,7045,228
28013,27621,5715,246
28113,46121,4435,266
28213,63021,1295,289
28313,80820,7795,313
28513,99020,6075,339
28614,16220,4855,363
28714,32220,3855,388
28814,48020,2965,414
28914,63720,2245,439
29014,79320,1515,463
29114,99420,0555,481
29115,23819,9385,495
29215,48019,8235,508
29315,71719,7135,516
29415,94419,6225,522
29416,14919,4965,531
29516,33819,3515,542
29516,51419,2665,556

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

Romania

  • 1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
  • 1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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