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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Qatar	Congo - Kinshasa	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	627	51,181	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	659	52,782	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	691	54,453	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	724	56,170	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	757	57,860	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	850	59,599	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	61,474	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	63,479	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	65,590	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	67,800	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	70,114	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	72,550	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	75,138	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	77,792	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	80,534	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	83,368	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	86,229	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	89,193	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	92,209	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	95,232	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	98,320	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	101,499	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	104,767	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	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 Qatar, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.