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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	Dominica	Barbados	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	70	273	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	71	274	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	71	275	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	72	276	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	72	278	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	72	279	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	72	280	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	72	281	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	72	282	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	73	283	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	73	285	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	73	286	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	73	287	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	73	288	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	73	289	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	73	290	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	74	291	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	74	291	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	74	292	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	74	293	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	75	294	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	75	294	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	76	295	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	76	295	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 Dominica, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.