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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 - KinshasaFinlandOman
51,1815,1662,348
52,7825,1762,403
54,4535,1882,457
56,1705,2012,510
57,8605,2132,562
59,5995,2282,613
61,4745,2462,663
63,4795,2662,713
65,5905,2892,764
67,8005,3132,816
70,1145,3392,871
72,5505,3632,928
75,1385,3882,986
77,7925,4143,047
80,5345,4393,110
83,3685,4633,174
86,2295,4813,240
89,1935,4953,307
92,2095,5083,375
95,2325,5163,444
98,3205,5223,512
101,4995,5313,582
104,7675,5423,651
108,1715,5563,696

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