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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 - KinshasaFinlandPhilippines
51,1815,16679,346
52,7825,17681,131
54,4535,18883,023
56,1705,20184,876
57,8605,21386,697
59,5995,22888,568
61,4745,24690,418
63,4795,26692,253
65,5905,28994,098
67,8005,31395,923
70,1145,33997,627
72,5505,36399,317
75,1385,388100,999
77,7925,414102,618
80,5345,439104,299
83,3685,463106,076
86,2295,481107,868
89,1935,495109,493
92,2095,508111,094
95,2325,516112,843
98,3205,522114,636
101,4995,531117,026
104,7675,542119,473
108,1715,556121,234

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.

Philippines

  • 1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
  • 1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

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