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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 - KinshasaGuineaFinland
51,1817,6105,166
52,7827,7805,176
54,4537,8215,188
56,1707,9065,201
57,8608,1215,213
59,5998,3175,228
61,4748,4785,246
63,4798,6505,266
65,5908,8605,289
67,8009,0915,313
70,1149,3275,339
72,5509,5715,363
75,1389,8255,388
77,79210,0845,414
80,53410,3515,439
83,36810,6325,463
86,22910,9245,481
89,19311,2255,495
92,20911,5345,508
95,23211,8555,516
98,32012,1605,522
101,49912,4695,531
104,76712,7785,542
108,17113,0875,556

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