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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 FinlandOmanCongo - Kinshasa
5,1662,34851,181
5,1762,40352,782
5,1882,45754,453
5,2012,51056,170
5,2132,56257,860
5,2282,61359,599
5,2462,66361,474
5,2662,71363,479
5,2892,76465,590
5,3132,81667,800
5,3392,87170,114
5,3632,92872,550
5,3882,98675,138
5,4143,04777,792
5,4393,11080,534
5,4633,17483,368
5,4813,24086,229
5,4953,30789,193
5,5083,37592,209
5,5163,44495,232
5,5223,51298,320
5,5313,582101,499
5,5423,651104,767
5,5563,696108,171

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