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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Burkina Faso	Congo - Kinshasa	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	51,181	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	52,782	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	54,453	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	56,170	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	57,860	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	59,599	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	61,474	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	63,479	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	65,590	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	67,800	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	70,114	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	72,550	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	75,138	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	77,792	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	80,534	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	83,368	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	86,229	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	89,193	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	92,209	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	95,232	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	98,320	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	101,499	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	104,767	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	108,171	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.

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