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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	United States	Japan	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	279,040	126,512	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	282,162	126,755	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	284,969	127,056	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	287,625	127,324	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	290,108	127,558	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	292,805	127,658	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	295,517	127,679	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	298,380	127,762	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	301,231	127,904	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	304,094	127,969	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	306,772	127,958	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	309,327	127,967	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	311,583	127,755	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	313,878	127,476	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	316,060	127,257	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	318,386	127,186	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	320,739	127,034	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	323,072	126,857	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	325,122	126,631	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	326,838	126,368	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	328,330	126,092	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	331,512	125,634	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	332,032	125,427	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	333,288	124,762	5,556

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.

All data sources

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

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

Japan

724-1874: Bassino, Jean-Pascal & Broadberry, Stephen & Fukao, Kyoji & Gupta, Bishnupriya & Takashima, Masanori, (2018). "Japan and the Great Divergence, 730-1874," CEI Working Paper Series 2018-13, Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
1874-1940: Fukao, K., Bassino, J.-P., Makino, T., Paprzycki, R., Settsu, T., Takashima, M., and Tokui, J. (2015) Regional Inequality and Industrial Structure in Japan: 1874-2008, Tokyo: Maruzen Publishing.

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.