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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	Finland	Barbados	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	5,166	273	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	5,176	274	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	5,188	275	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	5,201	276	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	5,213	278	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	5,228	279	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	5,246	280	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	5,266	281	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	5,289	282	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	5,313	283	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	5,339	285	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	5,363	286	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	5,388	287	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	5,414	288	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	5,439	289	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	5,463	290	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	5,481	291	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	5,495	291	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	5,508	292	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	5,516	293	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	5,522	294	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	5,531	294	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	5,542	295	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	5,556	295	3,876

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 Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.