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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date FinlandAlbaniaBosnia & Herzegovina
5,1663,0853,811
5,1763,0653,901
5,1883,0473,919
5,2013,0383,923
5,2133,0263,940
5,2283,0143,975
5,2462,9983,991
5,2662,9793,993
5,2892,9573,990
5,3132,9343,987
5,3392,9153,985
5,3632,9003,983
5,3882,8923,980
5,4142,8883,977
5,4392,8823,973
5,4632,8763,968
5,4812,8683,963
5,4952,8633,957
5,5082,8613,951
5,5162,8543,944
5,5222,8423,937
5,5312,8253,929
5,5422,7993,921
5,5562,7873,876

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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