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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	Nigeria	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	273	121,649	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	274	125,014	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	275	128,513	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	276	132,165	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	278	135,971	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	279	139,900	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	280	143,914	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	281	148,019	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	282	152,195	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	283	156,434	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	285	160,751	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	286	165,142	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	287	169,607	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	288	174,142	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	289	178,737	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	290	183,362	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	291	187,979	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	291	192,594	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	292	197,417	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	293	202,498	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	294	207,699	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	294	213,021	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	295	218,473	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	295	223,735	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

Nigeria

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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.