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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 - KinshasaRussiaFinland
51,181147,2185,166
52,782146,6005,176
54,453145,9805,188
56,170145,3105,201
57,860144,6525,213
59,599144,0715,228
61,474143,5225,246
63,479143,0535,266
65,590142,8095,289
67,800142,7465,313
70,114142,7895,339
72,550142,8535,363
75,138142,9645,388
77,792143,2055,414
80,534143,5105,439
83,368146,0945,463
86,229146,4105,481
89,193146,6785,495
92,209146,8465,508
95,232146,8345,516
98,320146,7685,522
101,499146,4635,531
104,767145,8495,542
108,171146,6935,556

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

Russia

  • 1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

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.