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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Finland	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	5,166	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	5,176	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	5,188	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	5,201	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	5,213	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	5,228	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	5,246	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	5,266	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	5,289	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	5,313	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	5,339	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	5,363	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	5,388	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	5,414	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	5,439	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	5,463	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	5,481	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	5,495	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	5,508	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	5,516	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	5,522	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	5,531	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	5,542	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	5,556	7,387

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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.