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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosVietnamFinland
27378,3945,166
27479,4725,176
27580,5465,188
27681,6375,201
27882,7205,213
27983,8215,228
28084,9425,246
28186,0365,266
28287,1365,289
28388,2535,313
28589,3735,339
28690,4815,363
28791,5915,388
28892,7205,414
28993,8835,439
29095,0555,463
29196,2225,481
29197,3805,495
29298,5075,508
29399,6045,516
294100,6955,522
294101,7715,531
295102,8155,542
295103,5745,556

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.

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