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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 - KinshasaFinlandPuerto Rico
51,1815,1663,800
52,7825,1763,811
54,4535,1883,819
56,1705,2013,824
57,8605,2133,826
59,5995,2283,827
61,4745,2463,822
63,4795,2663,805
65,5905,2893,783
67,8005,3133,761
70,1145,3393,741
72,5505,3633,722
75,1385,3883,679
77,7925,4143,636
80,5345,4393,589
83,3685,4633,534
86,2295,4813,473
89,1935,4953,411
92,2095,5083,352
95,2325,5163,295
98,3205,5223,268
101,4995,5313,247
104,7675,5423,232
108,1715,5563,228

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, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.