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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Finland	Congo - Kinshasa	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	5,166	51,181	627
Dec 31, 2000	5,176	52,782	659
Dec 31, 2001	5,188	54,453	691
Dec 31, 2002	5,201	56,170	724
Dec 31, 2003	5,213	57,860	757
Dec 31, 2004	5,228	59,599	850
Dec 31, 2005	5,246	61,474	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	5,266	63,479	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	5,289	65,590	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	5,313	67,800	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	5,339	70,114	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	5,363	72,550	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	5,388	75,138	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	5,414	77,792	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	5,439	80,534	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	5,463	83,368	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	5,481	86,229	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	5,495	89,193	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	5,508	92,209	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	5,516	95,232	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	5,522	98,320	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	5,531	101,499	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	5,542	104,767	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	5,556	108,171	2,559

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