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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	Bangladesh	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	70	132,907	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	71	135,207	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	71	137,420	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	72	139,573	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	72	141,650	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	72	143,644	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	72	145,546	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	72	147,376	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	72	149,047	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	73	150,562	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	73	152,189	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	73	153,927	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	73	155,634	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	73	157,326	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	73	158,999	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	73	160,650	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	74	162,273	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	74	163,938	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	74	165,655	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	74	167,358	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	75	169,045	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	75	170,709	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	76	172,354	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	76	174,217	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

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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; the database as a whole is cited above.