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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 - KinshasaSenegalFinland
51,18110,0705,166
52,78210,3055,176
54,45310,5765,188
56,17010,8645,201
57,86011,1725,213
59,59911,4985,228
61,47411,8395,246
63,47912,2045,266
65,59012,5845,289
67,80012,9785,313
70,11413,3825,339
72,55013,7945,363
75,13814,2265,388
77,79214,6685,414
80,53415,1215,439
83,36815,5895,463
86,22916,0665,481
89,19316,5495,495
92,20917,0445,508
95,23217,5355,516
98,32018,0215,522
101,49918,5185,531
104,76719,0165,542
108,17119,5125,556

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