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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 - KinshasaFinlandYemen
51,1815,16616,728
52,7825,17617,236
54,4535,18817,762
56,1705,20118,310
57,8605,21318,855
59,5995,22819,410
61,4745,24620,000
63,4795,26620,611
65,5905,28921,236
67,8005,31321,878
70,1145,33922,533
72,5505,36323,195
75,1385,38823,880
77,7925,41424,594
80,5345,43925,311
83,3685,46326,020
86,2295,48126,698
89,1935,49527,347
92,2095,50827,985
95,2325,51628,608
98,3205,52229,216
101,4995,53129,811
104,7675,54230,399
108,1715,55631,058

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