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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Yemen	Burkina Faso	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	16,728	11,075	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	17,236	11,405	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	17,762	11,828	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	18,310	12,380	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	18,855	12,829	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	19,410	13,178	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	20,000	13,540	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	20,611	13,917	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	21,236	14,309	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	21,878	14,722	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	22,533	15,152	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	23,195	15,600	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	23,880	16,064	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	24,594	16,563	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	25,311	17,072	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	26,020	17,575	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	26,698	18,094	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	27,347	18,621	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	27,985	19,157	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	28,608	19,698	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	29,216	20,242	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	29,811	20,788	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	30,399	21,336	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	31,058	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 Yemen, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.