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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 - KinshasaLebanon
5,16651,1813,460
5,17652,7823,499
5,18854,4533,554
5,20156,1703,610
5,21357,8603,665
5,22859,5993,721
5,24661,4743,777
5,26663,4793,853
5,28965,5903,954
5,31367,8004,036
5,33970,1144,082
5,36372,5504,097
5,38875,1384,115
5,41477,7924,206
5,43980,5344,696
5,46383,3685,365
5,48186,2295,640
5,49589,1935,688
5,50892,2095,680
5,51695,2325,562
5,52298,3205,331
5,531101,4994,986
5,542104,7674,802
5,556108,1714,713

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.

Lebanon

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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