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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 - KinshasaIsraelFinland
51,1815,9275,166
52,7826,0885,176
54,4536,2365,188
56,1706,3665,201
57,8606,4845,213
59,5996,6035,228
61,4746,7235,246
63,4796,8465,266
65,5906,9725,289
67,8007,1005,313
70,1147,2265,339
72,5507,3605,363
75,1387,4985,388
77,7927,6375,414
80,5347,7815,439
83,3687,9315,463
86,2298,0915,481
89,1938,2515,495
92,2098,4125,508
95,2328,5765,516
98,3208,7425,522
101,4998,8995,531
104,7679,0475,542
108,1719,1885,556

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

Israel

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91

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; the database as a whole is cited above.