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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominica	Palestinian Territories	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	70	2,996	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	71	3,075	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	71	3,155	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	72	3,235	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	72	3,315	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	72	3,396	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	72	3,478	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	72	3,559	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	72	3,642	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	73	3,727	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	73	3,817	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	73	3,907	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	73	3,997	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	73	4,088	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	73	4,178	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	73	4,269	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	74	4,359	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	74	4,451	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	74	4,533	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	74	4,615	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	75	4,715	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	75	4,820	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	76	4,930	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	76	5,042	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, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.