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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Finland	Congo - Kinshasa	Lithuania
Dec 31, 1999	5,166	51,181	3,419
Dec 31, 2000	5,176	52,782	3,395
Dec 31, 2001	5,188	54,453	3,367
Dec 31, 2002	5,201	56,170	3,340
Dec 31, 2003	5,213	57,860	3,313
Dec 31, 2004	5,228	59,599	3,276
Dec 31, 2005	5,246	61,474	3,223
Dec 31, 2006	5,266	63,479	3,172
Dec 31, 2007	5,289	65,590	3,134
Dec 31, 2008	5,313	67,800	3,102
Dec 31, 2009	5,339	70,114	3,068
Dec 31, 2010	5,363	72,550	3,004
Dec 31, 2011	5,388	75,138	2,937
Dec 31, 2012	5,414	77,792	2,898
Dec 31, 2013	5,439	80,534	2,869
Dec 31, 2014	5,463	83,368	2,844
Dec 31, 2015	5,481	86,229	2,818
Dec 31, 2016	5,495	89,193	2,782
Dec 31, 2017	5,508	92,209	2,744
Dec 31, 2018	5,516	95,232	2,718
Dec 31, 2019	5,522	98,320	2,710
Dec 31, 2020	5,531	101,499	2,711
Dec 31, 2021	5,542	104,767	2,724
Dec 31, 2022	5,556	108,171	2,748

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