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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	United States	Burkina Faso	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	273	279,040	11,075	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	274	282,162	11,405	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	275	284,969	11,828	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	276	287,625	12,380	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	278	290,108	12,829	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	279	292,805	13,178	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	280	295,517	13,540	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	281	298,380	13,917	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	282	301,231	14,309	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	283	304,094	14,722	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	285	306,772	15,152	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	286	309,327	15,600	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	287	311,583	16,064	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	288	313,878	16,563	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	289	316,060	17,072	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	290	318,386	17,575	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	291	320,739	18,094	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	291	323,072	18,621	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	292	325,122	19,157	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	293	326,838	19,698	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	294	328,330	20,242	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	294	331,512	20,788	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	295	332,032	21,336	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	295	333,288	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

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

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.