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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 BarbadosMoldovaFinlandMalta
2734,2445,166387
2744,1995,176390
2754,1545,188393
2764,1085,201396
2784,0595,213398
2794,0135,228401
2803,9665,246404
2813,9195,266405
2823,8735,289406
2833,8295,313409
2853,7885,339412
2863,7485,363414
2873,7095,388416
2883,6715,414420
2893,6335,439426
2903,5955,463435
2913,5585,481445
2913,5225,495455
2923,4855,508468
2933,4485,516485
2943,4125,522504
2943,3765,531516
2953,3395,542518
2953,5705,556530

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