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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Germany	Laos	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	81,439	5,286	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	81,474	5,397	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	81,534	5,499	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	81,595	5,578	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	81,566	5,654	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	81,473	5,746	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	81,354	5,836	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	81,190	5,931	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	81,009	6,035	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	80,781	6,145	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	80,500	6,257	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	80,301	6,368	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	80,292	6,477	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	80,443	6,586	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	80,663	6,695	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	81,000	6,804	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	81,704	6,912	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	82,366	7,019	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	82,674	7,127	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	82,923	7,234	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	83,110	7,343	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	83,178	7,452	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	83,213	7,560	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	83,811	7,666	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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.