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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 FinlandEstoniaCongo - Kinshasa
5,1661,37851,181
5,1761,40052,782
5,1881,39154,453
5,2011,38256,170
5,2131,37457,860
5,2281,36559,599
5,2461,35761,474
5,2661,34963,479
5,2891,34165,590
5,3131,33767,800
5,3391,33470,114
5,3631,33272,550
5,3881,32875,138
5,4141,32477,792
5,4391,31980,534
5,4631,31483,368
5,4811,31286,229
5,4951,31489,193
5,5081,31492,209
5,5161,31895,232
5,5221,32398,320
5,5311,327101,499
5,5421,329104,767
5,5561,330108,171

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 Estonia, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.