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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Finland	Congo - Kinshasa	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	5,166	51,181	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	5,176	52,782	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	5,188	54,453	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	5,201	56,170	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	5,213	57,860	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	5,228	59,599	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	5,246	61,474	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	5,266	63,479	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	5,289	65,590	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	5,313	67,800	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	5,339	70,114	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	5,363	72,550	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	5,388	75,138	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	5,414	77,792	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	5,439	80,534	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	5,463	83,368	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	5,481	86,229	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	5,495	89,193	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	5,508	92,209	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	5,516	95,232	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	5,522	98,320	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	5,531	101,499	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	5,542	104,767	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	5,556	108,171	217,718

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.

Brazil

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1850–1899: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350
1900-1950: A. Maddison and Associates, The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: Brazil and Mexico, Oxford University Press, New York 1992;

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