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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	Moldova	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	5,166	4,244	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	5,176	4,199	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	5,188	4,154	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	5,201	4,108	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	5,213	4,059	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	5,228	4,013	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	5,246	3,966	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	5,266	3,919	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	5,289	3,873	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	5,313	3,829	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	5,339	3,788	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	5,363	3,748	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	5,388	3,709	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	5,414	3,671	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	5,439	3,633	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	5,463	3,595	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	5,481	3,558	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	5,495	3,522	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	5,508	3,485	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	5,516	3,448	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	5,522	3,412	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	5,531	3,376	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	5,542	3,339	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	5,556	3,570	108,171

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