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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	Cameroon	Albania	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	15,483	3,085	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	15,913	3,065	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	16,354	3,047	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	16,815	3,038	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	17,289	3,026	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	17,764	3,014	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	18,249	2,998	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	18,746	2,979	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	19,278	2,957	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	19,843	2,934	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	20,419	2,915	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	21,002	2,900	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	21,586	2,892	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	22,181	2,888	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	22,800	2,882	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	23,513	2,876	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	24,273	2,868	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	24,995	2,863	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	25,680	2,861	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	26,373	2,854	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	27,114	2,842	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	27,878	2,825	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	28,663	2,799	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	29,417	2,787	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.

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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 Cameroon, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.