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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Finland	Spain
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	5,166	40,378
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	5,176	40,563
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	5,188	40,775
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	5,201	41,433
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	5,213	42,205
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	5,228	42,869
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	5,246	43,672
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	5,266	44,370
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	5,289	45,246
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	5,313	45,993
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	5,339	46,378
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	5,363	46,573
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	5,388	46,746
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	5,414	46,777
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	5,439	46,603
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	5,463	46,465
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	5,481	46,420
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	5,495	46,460
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	5,508	46,543
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	5,516	46,739
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	5,522	47,116
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	5,531	47,366
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	5,542	47,342
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	5,556	47,625

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.

Spain

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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