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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	Sudan	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	387	26,168	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	390	26,771	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	393	27,387	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	396	28,017	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	398	28,662	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	401	29,321	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	404	29,996	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	405	30,686	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	406	31,393	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	409	32,137	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	412	33,078	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	414	33,891	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	416	34,568	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	420	35,293	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	426	36,093	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	435	37,058	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	445	38,165	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	455	39,294	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	468	40,512	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	485	41,764	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	504	42,952	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	516	44,121	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	518	45,290	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	530	46,498	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

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, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.