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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	Ethiopia	Oman	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	63,575	2,348	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	65,213	2,403	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	66,889	2,457	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	68,649	2,510	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	70,491	2,562	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	72,389	2,613	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	74,327	2,663	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	76,326	2,713	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	78,411	2,764	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	80,564	2,816	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	82,787	2,871	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	85,096	2,928	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	87,530	2,986	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	90,066	3,047	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	92,632	3,110	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	95,337	3,174	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	98,114	3,240	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	100,858	3,307	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	103,654	3,375	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	106,466	3,444	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	109,267	3,512	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	112,100	3,582	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	114,964	3,651	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	117,924	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 Ethiopia, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.