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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 FinlandCongo - Kinshasa
5,16651,181
5,17652,782
5,18854,453
5,20156,170
5,21357,860
5,22859,599
5,24661,474
5,26663,479
5,28965,590
5,31367,800
5,33970,114
5,36372,550
5,38875,138
5,41477,792
5,43980,534
5,46383,368
5,48186,229
5,49589,193
5,50892,209
5,51695,232
5,52298,320
5,531101,499
5,542104,767
5,556108,171

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