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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	Russia	Oman	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	273	147,218	2,348	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	274	146,600	2,403	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	275	145,980	2,457	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	276	145,310	2,510	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	278	144,652	2,562	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	279	144,071	2,613	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	280	143,522	2,663	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	281	143,053	2,713	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	282	142,809	2,764	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	283	142,746	2,816	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	285	142,789	2,871	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	286	142,853	2,928	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	287	142,964	2,986	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	288	143,205	3,047	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	289	143,510	3,110	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	290	146,094	3,174	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	291	146,410	3,240	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	291	146,678	3,307	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	292	146,846	3,375	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	293	146,834	3,444	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	294	146,768	3,512	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	294	146,463	3,582	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	295	145,849	3,651	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	295	146,693	3,696	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.

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

Russia

1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

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