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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	Barbados	Finland	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,166	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,176	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,188	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,201	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,213	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,228	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,246	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,266	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	282	5,289	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	283	5,313	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	285	5,339	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	286	5,363	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	287	5,388	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,414	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,439	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,463	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,481	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,495	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,508	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,516	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,522	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,531	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,542	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,556	108,171

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.

All data sources

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 Barbados, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.