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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 FinlandBosnia & HerzegovinaAlbania
5,1663,8113,085
5,1763,9013,065
5,1883,9193,047
5,2013,9233,038
5,2133,9403,026
5,2283,9753,014
5,2463,9912,998
5,2663,9932,979
5,2893,9902,957
5,3133,9872,934
5,3393,9852,915
5,3633,9832,900
5,3883,9802,892
5,4143,9772,888
5,4393,9732,882
5,4633,9682,876
5,4813,9632,868
5,4953,9572,863
5,5083,9512,861
5,5163,9442,854
5,5223,9372,842
5,5313,9292,825
5,5423,9212,799
5,5563,8762,787

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.