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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Finland	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	5,166	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	5,176	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	5,188	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	5,201	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	5,213	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	5,228	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	5,246	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	5,266	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	5,289	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	5,313	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	5,339	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	5,363	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	5,388	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	5,414	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	5,439	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	5,463	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	5,481	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	5,495	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	5,508	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	5,516	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	5,522	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	5,531	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	5,542	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	5,556	18,494

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