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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Burkina Faso	Finland	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	11,075	5,166	273
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	11,405	5,176	274
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	11,828	5,188	275
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	12,380	5,201	276
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	12,829	5,213	278
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	13,178	5,228	279
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	13,540	5,246	280
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	13,917	5,266	281
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	14,309	5,289	282
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	14,722	5,313	283
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	15,152	5,339	285
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	15,600	5,363	286
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	16,064	5,388	287
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	16,563	5,414	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	17,072	5,439	289
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	17,575	5,463	290
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	18,094	5,481	291
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	18,621	5,495	291
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	19,157	5,508	292
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	19,698	5,516	293
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	20,242	5,522	294
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	20,788	5,531	294
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	21,336	5,542	295
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	21,889	5,556	295

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Burkina Faso, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.