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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 - KinshasaQatarFinland
51,1816275,166
52,7826595,176
54,4536915,188
56,1707245,201
57,8607575,213
59,5998505,228
61,4741,0015,246
63,4791,1535,266
65,5901,3065,289
67,8001,4605,313
70,1141,6155,339
72,5501,7705,363
75,1381,9045,388
77,7922,0105,414
80,5342,1035,439
83,3682,1875,463
86,2292,2615,481
89,1932,3265,495
92,2092,3845,508
95,2322,4355,516
98,3202,4805,522
101,4992,5195,531
104,7672,5535,542
108,1712,5595,556

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