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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Finland	Congo - Kinshasa	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	5,166	51,181	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	5,176	52,782	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	5,188	54,453	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	5,201	56,170	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	5,213	57,860	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	5,228	59,599	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	5,246	61,474	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	5,266	63,479	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	5,289	65,590	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	5,313	67,800	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	5,339	70,114	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	5,363	72,550	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	5,388	75,138	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	5,414	77,792	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	5,439	80,534	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	5,463	83,368	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	5,481	86,229	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	5,495	89,193	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	5,508	92,209	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	5,516	95,232	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	5,522	98,320	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	5,531	101,499	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	5,542	104,767	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	5,556	108,171	3,570

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