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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 BarbadosParaguayFinlandMalta
2735,3665,166387
2745,4735,176390
2755,5795,188393
2765,6835,201396
2785,7865,213398
2795,8865,228401
2805,9845,246404
2816,0805,266405
2826,1735,289406
2836,2645,313409
2856,3525,339412
2866,4385,363414
2876,5225,388416
2886,6055,414420
2896,6885,439426
2906,7695,463435
2916,8505,481445
2916,9305,495455
2927,0125,508468
2937,0955,516485
2947,1795,522504
2947,2635,531516
2957,3485,542518
2957,4325,556530

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, Paraguay, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.