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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Laos	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	5,286	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	5,397	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	5,499	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	5,578	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	5,654	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	5,746	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	5,836	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	5,931	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	6,035	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	6,145	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	6,257	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	6,368	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	6,477	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	6,586	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	6,695	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	6,804	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	6,912	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	7,019	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	7,127	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	7,234	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	7,343	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	7,452	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	7,560	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	7,666	5,556

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