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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	Comoros	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	273	531	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	274	545	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	275	559	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	276	574	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	278	590	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	279	606	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	280	623	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	281	640	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	282	657	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	283	674	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	285	690	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	286	706	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	287	722	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	288	737	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	289	752	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	290	767	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	291	781	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	291	795	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	292	808	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	293	821	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	294	837	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	294	853	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	295	869	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	295	885	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.

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