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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 BarbadosMaltaMoldovaFinland
2733874,2445,166
2743904,1995,176
2753934,1545,188
2763964,1085,201
2783984,0595,213
2794014,0135,228
2804043,9665,246
2814053,9195,266
2824063,8735,289
2834093,8295,313
2854123,7885,339
2864143,7485,363
2874163,7095,388
2884203,6715,414
2894263,6335,439
2904353,5955,463
2914453,5585,481
2914553,5225,495
2924683,4855,508
2934853,4485,516
2945043,4125,522
2945163,3765,531
2955183,3395,542
2955303,5705,556

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