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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	51,181	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	52,782	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	54,453	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	56,170	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	57,860	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	59,599	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	61,474	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	63,479	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	65,590	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	67,800	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	70,114	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	72,550	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	75,138	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	77,792	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	80,534	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	83,368	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	86,229	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	89,193	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	92,209	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	95,232	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	98,320	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	101,499	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	104,767	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	108,171	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, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.