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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Albania	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	138	3,085	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	141	3,065	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	144	3,047	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	147	3,038	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	151	3,026	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	154	3,014	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	158	2,998	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	161	2,979	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	165	2,957	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	168	2,934	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	172	2,915	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	176	2,900	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	180	2,892	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	183	2,888	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	187	2,882	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	190	2,876	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	194	2,868	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	198	2,863	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	201	2,861	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	204	2,854	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	208	2,842	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	212	2,825	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	216	2,799	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	220	2,787	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 São Tomé & Príncipe, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.