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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	Yemen	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	387	16,728	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	390	17,236	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	393	17,762	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	396	18,310	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	398	18,855	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	401	19,410	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	404	20,000	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	405	20,611	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	406	21,236	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	409	21,878	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	412	22,533	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	414	23,195	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	416	23,880	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	420	24,594	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	426	25,311	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	435	26,020	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	445	26,698	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	455	27,347	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	468	27,985	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	485	28,608	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	504	29,216	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	516	29,811	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	518	30,399	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	530	31,058	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, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.