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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 - KinshasaFinlandUganda
51,1815,16623,408
52,7825,17624,195
54,4535,18824,992
56,1705,20125,846
57,8605,21326,661
59,5995,22827,414
61,4745,24628,200
63,4795,26629,021
65,5905,28929,846
67,8005,31330,647
70,1145,33931,469
72,5505,36332,343
75,1385,38833,257
77,7925,41434,234
80,5345,43935,271
83,3685,46336,419
86,2295,48137,673
89,1935,49539,157
92,2095,50840,879
95,2325,51642,329
98,3205,52243,639
101,4995,53145,120
104,7675,54246,645
108,1715,55648,065

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.

Uganda

  • 1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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