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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Finland	Uganda	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	5,166	23,408	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	5,176	24,195	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	5,188	24,992	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	5,201	25,846	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	5,213	26,661	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	5,228	27,414	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	5,246	28,200	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	5,266	29,021	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	5,289	29,846	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	5,313	30,647	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	5,339	31,469	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	5,363	32,343	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	5,388	33,257	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	5,414	34,234	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	5,439	35,271	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	5,463	36,419	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	5,481	37,673	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	5,495	39,157	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	5,508	40,879	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	5,516	42,329	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	5,522	43,639	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	5,531	45,120	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	5,542	46,645	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	5,556	48,065	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.

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.