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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	Paraguay	São Tomé & Príncipe	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	5,366	138	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	5,473	141	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	5,579	144	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	5,683	147	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	5,786	151	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	5,886	154	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	5,984	158	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	6,080	161	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	6,173	165	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	6,264	168	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	6,352	172	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	6,438	176	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	6,522	180	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	6,605	183	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	6,688	187	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	6,769	190	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	6,850	194	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	6,930	198	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	7,012	201	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	7,095	204	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	7,179	208	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	7,263	212	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	7,348	216	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	7,432	220	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 Paraguay, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.