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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Nepal	Congo - Kinshasa	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	23,087	51,181	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	23,487	52,782	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	23,887	54,453	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	24,273	56,170	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	24,645	57,860	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	24,989	59,599	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	25,255	61,474	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	25,484	63,479	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	25,732	65,590	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	25,998	67,800	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	26,298	70,114	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	26,664	72,550	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	27,081	75,138	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	27,505	77,792	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	27,917	80,534	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	28,311	83,368	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	28,678	86,229	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	29,034	89,193	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	29,384	92,209	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	29,718	95,232	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	30,057	98,320	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	30,595	101,499	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	31,311	104,767	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	31,845	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 Nepal, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.