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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 FinlandLithuaniaCongo - Kinshasa
5,1663,41951,181
5,1763,39552,782
5,1883,36754,453
5,2013,34056,170
5,2133,31357,860
5,2283,27659,599
5,2463,22361,474
5,2663,17263,479
5,2893,13465,590
5,3133,10267,800
5,3393,06870,114
5,3633,00472,550
5,3882,93775,138
5,4142,89877,792
5,4392,86980,534
5,4632,84483,368
5,4812,81886,229
5,4952,78289,193
5,5082,74492,209
5,5162,71895,232
5,5222,71098,320
5,5312,711101,499
5,5422,724104,767
5,5562,748108,171

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