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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 CambodiaFinlandCongo - Kinshasa
12,1225,16651,181
12,3175,17652,782
12,5045,18854,453
12,6915,20156,170
12,8815,21357,860
13,0765,22859,599
13,2765,24661,474
13,4615,26663,479
13,6305,28965,590
13,8085,31367,800
13,9905,33970,114
14,1625,36372,550
14,3225,38875,138
14,4805,41477,792
14,6375,43980,534
14,7935,46383,368
14,9945,48186,229
15,2385,49589,193
15,4805,50892,209
15,7175,51695,232
15,9445,52298,320
16,1495,531101,499
16,3385,542104,767
16,5145,556108,171

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