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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 - KinshasaBurkina FasoFinland
51,18111,0755,166
52,78211,4055,176
54,45311,8285,188
56,17012,3805,201
57,86012,8295,213
59,59913,1785,228
61,47413,5405,246
63,47913,9175,266
65,59014,3095,289
67,80014,7225,313
70,11415,1525,339
72,55015,6005,363
75,13816,0645,388
77,79216,5635,414
80,53417,0725,439
83,36817,5755,463
86,22918,0945,481
89,19318,6215,495
92,20919,1575,508
95,23219,6985,516
98,32020,2425,522
101,49920,7885,531
104,76721,3365,542
108,17121,8895,556

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