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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 Dominican RepublicFinlandCongo - Kinshasa
8,1755,16651,181
8,3015,17652,782
8,4275,18854,453
8,5535,20156,170
8,6785,21357,860
8,8015,22859,599
8,9245,24661,474
9,0445,26663,479
9,1645,28965,590
9,2815,31367,800
9,3985,33970,114
9,5125,36372,550
9,6275,38875,138
9,7425,41477,792
9,8555,43980,534
9,9655,46383,368
10,0725,48186,229
10,1775,49589,193
10,2815,50892,209
10,3855,51695,232
10,4875,52298,320
10,5875,531101,499
10,6865,542104,767
10,7935,556108,171

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 Dominican Republic, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.