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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Libya	Congo - Kinshasa	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	4,993	51,181	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	5,116	52,782	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	5,237	54,453	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	5,357	56,170	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	5,476	57,860	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	5,595	59,599	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	5,715	61,474	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	5,835	63,479	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	5,967	65,590	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	6,115	67,800	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	6,270	70,114	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	6,432	72,550	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	6,144	75,138	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	5,849	77,792	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	6,010	80,534	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	6,163	83,368	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	6,291	86,229	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	6,415	89,193	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	6,549	92,209	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	6,689	95,232	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	6,826	98,320	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	6,960	101,499	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	7,088	104,767	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	7,169	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.

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