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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 - KinshasaTurkmenistanFinland
51,1814,3245,166
52,7824,3855,176
54,4534,4445,188
56,1704,5025,201
57,8604,5565,213
59,5994,6085,228
61,4744,6645,246
63,4794,7195,266
65,5904,7735,289
67,8004,8285,313
70,1144,8845,339
72,5504,9405,363
75,1384,9965,388
77,7925,0535,414
80,5345,1105,439
83,3685,1695,463
86,2295,2275,481
89,1935,2875,495
92,2095,3465,508
95,2325,4055,516
98,3205,4645,522
101,4995,5225,531
104,7675,5795,542
108,1715,6575,556

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