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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 - KinshasaSaudi ArabiaFinland
51,18119,9645,166
52,78220,4265,176
54,45320,9565,188
56,17021,5495,201
57,86022,1895,213
59,59922,8505,228
61,47423,5165,246
63,47924,1785,266
65,59024,8415,289
67,80025,5185,313
70,11426,2275,339
72,55027,0685,363
75,13827,8105,388
77,79228,5165,414
80,53429,2205,439
83,36829,9365,463
86,22930,6465,481
89,19331,3605,495
92,20932,1845,508
95,23232,8695,516
98,32033,6615,522
101,49934,5425,531
104,76733,6515,542
108,17134,0815,556

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

Saudi Arabia

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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.