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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	Malaysia	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,132	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,695	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	275	23,291	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	276	23,874	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	278	24,437	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	279	24,993	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	280	25,543	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	281	26,086	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	282	26,620	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,161	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	285	27,715	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	286	28,268	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	287	28,750	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	288	29,163	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	289	29,568	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	290	29,977	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	291	30,387	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	291	30,782	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	292	31,164	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	293	31,539	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	294	31,903	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	294	32,257	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	295	32,603	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	295	32,956	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.

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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

Malaysia

1900-1939: Nazrin Shah, S. (2017). Charting the Economy: Early 20th Century Malaya and Contemporary Malaysian Contrasts, Oxford University Press

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; the database as a whole is cited above.