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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	Cyprus	Oman	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	818	2,348	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	826	2,403	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	835	2,457	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	845	2,510	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	855	2,562	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	867	2,613	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	879	2,663	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	894	2,713	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	913	2,764	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	937	2,816	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	962	2,871	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	988	2,928	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	1,013	2,986	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	1,029	3,047	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	1,026	3,110	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	1,015	3,174	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	1,009	3,240	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	1,014	3,307	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	1,023	3,375	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	1,036	3,444	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	1,050	3,512	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	1,062	3,582	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	1,072	3,651	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	1,087	3,696	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 Cyprus, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.