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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 BarbadosLuxembourgFinlandLaos
2734335,1665,286
2744385,1765,397
2754435,1885,499
2764485,2015,578
2784545,2135,654
2794605,2285,746
2804675,2465,836
2814745,2665,931
2824825,2896,035
2834915,3136,145
2855005,3396,257
2865095,3636,368
2875215,3886,477
2885335,4146,586
2895475,4396,695
2905605,4636,804
2915715,4816,912
2915865,4957,019
2925995,5087,127
2936105,5167,234
2946235,5227,343
2946335,5317,452
2956435,5427,560
2956515,5567,666

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, Luxembourg, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.