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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Finland	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	5,166	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	5,176	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	5,188	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	5,201	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	5,213	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	5,228	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	5,246	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	5,266	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	5,289	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	5,313	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	5,339	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	5,363	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	5,388	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	5,414	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	5,439	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	5,463	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	5,481	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	5,495	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	5,508	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	5,516	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	5,522	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	5,531	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	5,542	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	5,556	29,417

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