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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 St. LuciaBurkina FasoFinland
15211,0755,166
15311,4055,176
15411,8285,188
15512,3805,201
15612,8295,213
15713,1785,228
15713,5405,246
15813,9175,266
15914,3095,289
16014,7225,313
16015,1525,339
16115,6005,363
16216,0645,388
16216,5635,414
16317,0725,439
16317,5755,463
16418,0945,481
16418,6215,495
16519,1575,508
16619,6985,516
16620,2425,522
16720,7885,531
16721,3365,542
16721,8895,556

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 St. Lucia, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.