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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 - KinshasaFinlandSaudi Arabia
51,1815,16619,964
52,7825,17620,426
54,4535,18820,956
56,1705,20121,549
57,8605,21322,189
59,5995,22822,850
61,4745,24623,516
63,4795,26624,178
65,5905,28924,841
67,8005,31325,518
70,1145,33926,227
72,5505,36327,068
75,1385,38827,810
77,7925,41428,516
80,5345,43929,220
83,3685,46329,936
86,2295,48130,646
89,1935,49531,360
92,2095,50832,184
95,2325,51632,869
98,3205,52233,661
101,4995,53134,542
104,7675,54233,651
108,1715,55634,081

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.

Saudi Arabia

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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