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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	St. Lucia	Burkina Faso	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	273	152	11,075	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	274	153	11,405	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	275	154	11,828	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	276	155	12,380	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	278	156	12,829	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	279	157	13,178	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	280	157	13,540	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	281	158	13,917	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	282	159	14,309	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	283	160	14,722	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	285	160	15,152	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	286	161	15,600	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	287	162	16,064	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	288	162	16,563	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	289	163	17,072	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	290	163	17,575	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	291	164	18,094	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	291	164	18,621	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	292	165	19,157	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	293	166	19,698	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	294	166	20,242	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	294	167	20,788	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	295	167	21,336	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	295	167	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, St. Lucia, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.