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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Finland	Congo - Kinshasa	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	5,166	51,181	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	5,176	52,782	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	5,188	54,453	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	5,201	56,170	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	5,213	57,860	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	5,228	59,599	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	5,246	61,474	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	5,266	63,479	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	5,289	65,590	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	5,313	67,800	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	5,339	70,114	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	5,363	72,550	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	5,388	75,138	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	5,414	77,792	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	5,439	80,534	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	5,463	83,368	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	5,481	86,229	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	5,495	89,193	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	5,508	92,209	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	5,516	95,232	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	5,522	98,320	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	5,531	101,499	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	5,542	104,767	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	5,556	108,171	31,058

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