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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 - KinshasaOmanFinland
51,1812,3485,166
52,7822,4035,176
54,4532,4575,188
56,1702,5105,201
57,8602,5625,213
59,5992,6135,228
61,4742,6635,246
63,4792,7135,266
65,5902,7645,289
67,8002,8165,313
70,1142,8715,339
72,5502,9285,363
75,1382,9865,388
77,7923,0475,414
80,5343,1105,439
83,3683,1745,463
86,2293,2405,481
89,1933,3075,495
92,2093,3755,508
95,2323,4445,516
98,3203,5125,522
101,4993,5825,531
104,7673,6515,542
108,1713,6965,556

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