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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Finland	Congo - Kinshasa	Cambodia
Dec 31, 1999	5,166	51,181	12,122
Dec 31, 2000	5,176	52,782	12,317
Dec 31, 2001	5,188	54,453	12,504
Dec 31, 2002	5,201	56,170	12,691
Dec 31, 2003	5,213	57,860	12,881
Dec 31, 2004	5,228	59,599	13,076
Dec 31, 2005	5,246	61,474	13,276
Dec 31, 2006	5,266	63,479	13,461
Dec 31, 2007	5,289	65,590	13,630
Dec 31, 2008	5,313	67,800	13,808
Dec 31, 2009	5,339	70,114	13,990
Dec 31, 2010	5,363	72,550	14,162
Dec 31, 2011	5,388	75,138	14,322
Dec 31, 2012	5,414	77,792	14,480
Dec 31, 2013	5,439	80,534	14,637
Dec 31, 2014	5,463	83,368	14,793
Dec 31, 2015	5,481	86,229	14,994
Dec 31, 2016	5,495	89,193	15,238
Dec 31, 2017	5,508	92,209	15,480
Dec 31, 2018	5,516	95,232	15,717
Dec 31, 2019	5,522	98,320	15,944
Dec 31, 2020	5,531	101,499	16,149
Dec 31, 2021	5,542	104,767	16,338
Dec 31, 2022	5,556	108,171	16,514

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