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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	Senegal	Burkina Faso	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	10,070	11,075	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	10,305	11,405	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	10,576	11,828	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	10,864	12,380	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	11,172	12,829	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	11,498	13,178	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	11,839	13,540	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	12,204	13,917	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	12,584	14,309	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	12,978	14,722	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	13,382	15,152	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	13,794	15,600	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	14,226	16,064	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	14,668	16,563	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	15,121	17,072	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	15,589	17,575	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	16,066	18,094	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	16,549	18,621	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	17,044	19,157	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	17,535	19,698	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	18,021	20,242	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	18,518	20,788	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	19,016	21,336	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	19,512	21,889	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 Senegal, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.