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

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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 Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.