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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Spain	Finland	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	40,378	5,166	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	40,563	5,176	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	40,775	5,188	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	41,433	5,201	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	42,205	5,213	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	42,869	5,228	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	43,672	5,246	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	44,370	5,266	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	45,246	5,289	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	45,993	5,313	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	46,378	5,339	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	46,573	5,363	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	46,746	5,388	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	46,777	5,414	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	46,603	5,439	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	46,465	5,463	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	46,420	5,481	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	46,460	5,495	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	46,543	5,508	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	46,739	5,516	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	47,116	5,522	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	47,366	5,531	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	47,342	5,542	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	47,625	5,556	108,171

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

Spain

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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.