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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominica	Finland	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	70	5,166	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	71	5,176	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	71	5,188	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	72	5,201	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	72	5,213	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	72	5,228	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	72	5,246	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	72	5,266	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	72	5,289	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	73	5,313	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	73	5,339	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	73	5,363	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	73	5,388	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	73	5,414	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	73	5,439	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	73	5,463	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	74	5,481	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	74	5,495	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	74	5,508	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	74	5,516	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	75	5,522	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	75	5,531	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	76	5,542	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	76	5,556	83,811

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.

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

No separate list is published for Dominica; the database as a whole is cited above.