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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 - KinshasaFinlandRussia
51,1815,166147,218
52,7825,176146,600
54,4535,188145,980
56,1705,201145,310
57,8605,213144,652
59,5995,228144,071
61,4745,246143,522
63,4795,266143,053
65,5905,289142,809
67,8005,313142,746
70,1145,339142,789
72,5505,363142,853
75,1385,388142,964
77,7925,414143,205
80,5345,439143,510
83,3685,463146,094
86,2295,481146,410
89,1935,495146,678
92,2095,508146,846
95,2325,516146,834
98,3205,522146,768
101,4995,531146,463
104,7675,542145,849
108,1715,556146,693

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.

Russia

  • 1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

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