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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	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	26,168	5,166	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	26,771	5,176	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	27,387	5,188	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	28,017	5,201	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	28,662	5,213	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	29,321	5,228	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	29,996	5,246	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	30,686	5,266	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	31,393	5,289	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	32,137	5,313	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	33,078	5,339	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	33,891	5,363	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	34,568	5,388	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	35,293	5,414	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	36,093	5,439	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	37,058	5,463	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	38,165	5,481	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	39,294	5,495	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	40,512	5,508	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	41,764	5,516	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	42,952	5,522	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	44,121	5,531	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	45,290	5,542	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	46,498	5,556	3,696

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