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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 - KinshasaCambodiaFinland
51,18112,1225,166
52,78212,3175,176
54,45312,5045,188
56,17012,6915,201
57,86012,8815,213
59,59913,0765,228
61,47413,2765,246
63,47913,4615,266
65,59013,6305,289
67,80013,8085,313
70,11413,9905,339
72,55014,1625,363
75,13814,3225,388
77,79214,4805,414
80,53414,6375,439
83,36814,7935,463
86,22914,9945,481
89,19315,2385,495
92,20915,4805,508
95,23215,7175,516
98,32015,9445,522
101,49916,1495,531
104,76716,3385,542
108,17116,5145,556

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