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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Finland	Congo - Kinshasa	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	5,166	51,181	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	5,176	52,782	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	5,188	54,453	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	5,201	56,170	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	5,213	57,860	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	5,228	59,599	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	5,246	61,474	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	5,266	63,479	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	5,289	65,590	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	5,313	67,800	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	5,339	70,114	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	5,363	72,550	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	5,388	75,138	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	5,414	77,792	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	5,439	80,534	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	5,463	83,368	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	5,481	86,229	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	5,495	89,193	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	5,508	92,209	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	5,516	95,232	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	5,522	98,320	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	5,531	101,499	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	5,542	104,767	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	5,556	108,171	1,330

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, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.