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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Finland	Senegal
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	5,166	10,070
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	5,176	10,305
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	5,188	10,576
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	5,201	10,864
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	5,213	11,172
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	5,228	11,498
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	5,246	11,839
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	5,266	12,204
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	5,289	12,584
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	5,313	12,978
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	5,339	13,382
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	5,363	13,794
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	5,388	14,226
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	5,414	14,668
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	5,439	15,121
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	5,463	15,589
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	5,481	16,066
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	5,495	16,549
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	5,508	17,044
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	5,516	17,535
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	5,522	18,021
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	5,531	18,518
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	5,542	19,016
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	5,556	19,512

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