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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	Malta	Qatar	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	387	627	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	390	659	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	393	691	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	396	724	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	398	757	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	401	850	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	404	1,001	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	405	1,153	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	406	1,306	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	409	1,460	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	412	1,615	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	414	1,770	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	416	1,904	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	420	2,010	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	426	2,103	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	435	2,187	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	445	2,261	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	455	2,326	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	468	2,384	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	485	2,435	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	504	2,480	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	516	2,519	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	518	2,553	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	530	2,559	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.

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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 Malta, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.