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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 - KinshasaYemenFinland
51,18116,7285,166
52,78217,2365,176
54,45317,7625,188
56,17018,3105,201
57,86018,8555,213
59,59919,4105,228
61,47420,0005,246
63,47920,6115,266
65,59021,2365,289
67,80021,8785,313
70,11422,5335,339
72,55023,1955,363
75,13823,8805,388
77,79224,5945,414
80,53425,3115,439
83,36826,0205,463
86,22926,6985,481
89,19327,3475,495
92,20927,9855,508
95,23228,6085,516
98,32029,2165,522
101,49929,8115,531
104,76730,3995,542
108,17131,0585,556

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