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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 MoroccoBurkina FasoFinland
28,40011,0755,166
28,74411,4055,176
29,09411,8285,188
29,44712,3805,201
29,80612,8295,213
30,16913,1785,228
30,55213,5405,246
30,95313,9175,266
31,35414,3095,289
31,75414,7225,313
32,15415,1525,339
32,55315,6005,363
32,95116,0645,388
33,34616,5635,414
33,73717,0725,439
34,12417,5755,463
34,51118,0945,481
34,89818,6215,495
35,27919,1575,508
35,65319,6985,516
36,01820,2425,522
36,37520,7885,531
36,72321,3365,542
37,10121,8895,556

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