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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 - KinshasaFinlandBangladesh
51,1815,166132,907
52,7825,176135,207
54,4535,188137,420
56,1705,201139,573
57,8605,213141,650
59,5995,228143,644
61,4745,246145,546
63,4795,266147,376
65,5905,289149,047
67,8005,313150,562
70,1145,339152,189
72,5505,363153,927
75,1385,388155,634
77,7925,414157,326
80,5345,439158,999
83,3685,463160,650
86,2295,481162,273
89,1935,495163,938
92,2095,508165,655
95,2325,516167,358
98,3205,522169,045
101,4995,531170,709
104,7675,542172,354
108,1715,556174,217

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.

Bangladesh

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

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.