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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Finland	Congo - Kinshasa	North Macedonia
Dec 31, 1999	5,166	51,181	2,006
Dec 31, 2000	5,176	52,782	2,017
Dec 31, 2001	5,188	54,453	2,026
Dec 31, 2002	5,201	56,170	2,011
Dec 31, 2003	5,213	57,860	2,018
Dec 31, 2004	5,228	59,599	2,024
Dec 31, 2005	5,246	61,474	2,028
Dec 31, 2006	5,266	63,479	2,031
Dec 31, 2007	5,289	65,590	2,035
Dec 31, 2008	5,313	67,800	2,038
Dec 31, 2009	5,339	70,114	2,042
Dec 31, 2010	5,363	72,550	2,046
Dec 31, 2011	5,388	75,138	2,049
Dec 31, 2012	5,414	77,792	2,052
Dec 31, 2013	5,439	80,534	2,055
Dec 31, 2014	5,463	83,368	2,058
Dec 31, 2015	5,481	86,229	2,061
Dec 31, 2016	5,495	89,193	2,063
Dec 31, 2017	5,508	92,209	2,065
Dec 31, 2018	5,516	95,232	2,067
Dec 31, 2019	5,522	98,320	2,068
Dec 31, 2020	5,531	101,499	2,065
Dec 31, 2021	5,542	104,767	2,057
Dec 31, 2022	5,556	108,171	2,048

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.

All data sources

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.

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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