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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Finland	Congo - Kinshasa	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	5,166	51,181	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	5,176	52,782	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	5,188	54,453	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	5,201	56,170	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	5,213	57,860	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	5,228	59,599	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	5,246	61,474	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	5,266	63,479	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	5,289	65,590	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	5,313	67,800	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	5,339	70,114	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	5,363	72,550	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	5,388	75,138	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	5,414	77,792	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	5,439	80,534	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	5,463	83,368	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	5,481	86,229	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	5,495	89,193	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	5,508	92,209	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	5,516	95,232	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	5,522	98,320	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	5,531	101,499	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	5,542	104,767	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	5,556	108,171	3,696

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