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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	Iceland	Barbados	Albania	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	3,085	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	3,065	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	3,047	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	3,038	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	3,026	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	3,014	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	2,998	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	2,979	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	2,957	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	2,934	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	2,915	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	2,900	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	2,892	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	2,888	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	2,882	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	2,876	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	2,868	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	2,863	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	2,861	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	2,854	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	2,842	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	2,825	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	2,799	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	2,787	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.

All data sources

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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 Barbados, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.