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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	Malta	Albania	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	3,085	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	3,065	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	3,047	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	3,038	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	3,026	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	3,014	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	2,998	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	2,979	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	2,957	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	2,934	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	2,915	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	2,900	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	2,892	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	2,888	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	2,882	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	2,876	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	2,868	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	2,863	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	2,861	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	2,854	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	2,842	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	2,825	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	2,799	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	2,787	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, Malta, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.