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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Congo - KinshasaBangladeshFinland
51,181132,9075,166
52,782135,2075,176
54,453137,4205,188
56,170139,5735,201
57,860141,6505,213
59,599143,6445,228
61,474145,5465,246
63,479147,3765,266
65,590149,0475,289
67,800150,5625,313
70,114152,1895,339
72,550153,9275,363
75,138155,6345,388
77,792157,3265,414
80,534158,9995,439
83,368160,6505,463
86,229162,2735,481
89,193163,9385,495
92,209165,6555,508
95,232167,3585,516
98,320169,0455,522
101,499170,7095,531
104,767172,3545,542
108,171174,2175,556

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

Bangladesh

  • 1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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