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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 FinlandBosnia & HerzegovinaCongo - Kinshasa
5,1663,81151,181
5,1763,90152,782
5,1883,91954,453
5,2013,92356,170
5,2133,94057,860
5,2283,97559,599
5,2463,99161,474
5,2663,99363,479
5,2893,99065,590
5,3133,98767,800
5,3393,98570,114
5,3633,98372,550
5,3883,98075,138
5,4143,97777,792
5,4393,97380,534
5,4633,96883,368
5,4813,96386,229
5,4953,95789,193
5,5083,95192,209
5,5163,94495,232
5,5223,93798,320
5,5313,929101,499
5,5423,921104,767
5,5563,876108,171

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.