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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 BarbadosMoldovaFinlandLuxembourg
2734,2445,166433
2744,1995,176438
2754,1545,188443
2764,1085,201448
2784,0595,213454
2794,0135,228460
2803,9665,246467
2813,9195,266474
2823,8735,289482
2833,8295,313491
2853,7885,339500
2863,7485,363509
2873,7095,388521
2883,6715,414533
2893,6335,439547
2903,5955,463560
2913,5585,481571
2913,5225,495586
2923,4855,508599
2933,4485,516610
2943,4125,522623
2943,3765,531633
2953,3395,542643
2953,5705,556651

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