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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 CambodiaCongo - KinshasaFinland
12,12251,1815,166
12,31752,7825,176
12,50454,4535,188
12,69156,1705,201
12,88157,8605,213
13,07659,5995,228
13,27661,4745,246
13,46163,4795,266
13,63065,5905,289
13,80867,8005,313
13,99070,1145,339
14,16272,5505,363
14,32275,1385,388
14,48077,7925,414
14,63780,5345,439
14,79383,3685,463
14,99486,2295,481
15,23889,1935,495
15,48092,2095,508
15,71795,2325,516
15,94498,3205,522
16,149101,4995,531
16,338104,7675,542
16,514108,1715,556

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