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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Chile	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	15,140	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	15,340	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	15,513	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	15,686	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	15,859	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	16,029	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	16,222	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	16,364	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	16,536	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	16,700	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	16,864	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	16,999	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	17,189	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	17,378	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	17,545	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	17,720	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	17,904	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	18,099	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	18,350	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	18,681	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	19,035	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	19,385	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	19,604	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	19,715	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

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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.