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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	Uganda	Burkina Faso	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,408	11,075	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	274	24,195	11,405	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	275	24,992	11,828	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	276	25,846	12,380	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	278	26,661	12,829	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	279	27,414	13,178	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	280	28,200	13,540	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	281	29,021	13,917	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	282	29,846	14,309	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	283	30,647	14,722	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	285	31,469	15,152	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	286	32,343	15,600	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	287	33,257	16,064	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	288	34,234	16,563	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	289	35,271	17,072	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	290	36,419	17,575	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	291	37,673	18,094	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,157	18,621	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,879	19,157	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	293	42,329	19,698	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	294	43,639	20,242	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	294	45,120	20,788	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	295	46,645	21,336	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	295	48,065	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

Uganda

1906-1950: 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, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.