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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Finland	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	5,166	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	5,176	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	5,188	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	5,201	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	5,213	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	5,228	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	5,246	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	5,266	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	5,289	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	5,313	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	5,339	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	5,363	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	5,388	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	5,414	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	5,439	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	5,463	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	5,481	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	5,495	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	5,508	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	5,516	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	5,522	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	5,531	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	5,542	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	5,556	2,787

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