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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 BarbadosMaltaFinlandMoldova
2733875,1664,244
2743905,1764,199
2753935,1884,154
2763965,2014,108
2783985,2134,059
2794015,2284,013
2804045,2463,966
2814055,2663,919
2824065,2893,873
2834095,3133,829
2854125,3393,788
2864145,3633,748
2874165,3883,709
2884205,4143,671
2894265,4393,633
2904355,4633,595
2914455,4813,558
2914555,4953,522
2924685,5083,485
2934855,5163,448
2945045,5223,412
2945165,5313,376
2955185,5423,339
2955305,5563,570

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