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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	Luxembourg	Finland	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	433	5,166	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	438	5,176	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	443	5,188	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	448	5,201	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	454	5,213	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	460	5,228	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	467	5,246	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	474	5,266	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	482	5,289	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	491	5,313	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	500	5,339	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	509	5,363	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	521	5,388	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	533	5,414	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	547	5,439	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	560	5,463	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	571	5,481	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	586	5,495	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	599	5,508	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	610	5,516	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	623	5,522	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	633	5,531	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	643	5,542	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	651	5,556	7,432

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 Luxembourg, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.