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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date FinlandCongo - KinshasaSaudi Arabia
5,16651,18119,964
5,17652,78220,426
5,18854,45320,956
5,20156,17021,549
5,21357,86022,189
5,22859,59922,850
5,24661,47423,516
5,26663,47924,178
5,28965,59024,841
5,31367,80025,518
5,33970,11426,227
5,36372,55027,068
5,38875,13827,810
5,41477,79228,516
5,43980,53429,220
5,46383,36829,936
5,48186,22930,646
5,49589,19331,360
5,50892,20932,184
5,51695,23232,869
5,52298,32033,661
5,531101,49934,542
5,542104,76733,651
5,556108,17134,081

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.

Saudi Arabia

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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