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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	Sudan	Burkina Faso	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	273	26,168	11,075	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	274	26,771	11,405	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	275	27,387	11,828	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	276	28,017	12,380	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	278	28,662	12,829	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	279	29,321	13,178	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	280	29,996	13,540	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	281	30,686	13,917	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	282	31,393	14,309	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	283	32,137	14,722	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	285	33,078	15,152	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	286	33,891	15,600	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	287	34,568	16,064	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	288	35,293	16,563	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	289	36,093	17,072	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	290	37,058	17,575	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	291	38,165	18,094	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,294	18,621	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,512	19,157	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	293	41,764	19,698	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	294	42,952	20,242	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	294	44,121	20,788	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	295	45,290	21,336	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	295	46,498	21,889	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

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, Sudan, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.