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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Lithuania	Congo - Kinshasa	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	3,419	51,181	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	3,395	52,782	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	3,367	54,453	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	3,340	56,170	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	3,313	57,860	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	3,276	59,599	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	3,223	61,474	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	3,172	63,479	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	3,134	65,590	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	3,102	67,800	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	3,068	70,114	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	3,004	72,550	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	2,937	75,138	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	2,898	77,792	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	2,869	80,534	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	2,844	83,368	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	2,818	86,229	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	2,782	89,193	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	2,744	92,209	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	2,718	95,232	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	2,710	98,320	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	2,711	101,499	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	2,724	104,767	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	2,748	108,171	5,556

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.

All data sources

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