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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Slovenia	Congo - Kinshasa	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	1,998	51,181	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	2,004	52,782	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	2,006	54,453	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	2,009	56,170	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	2,010	57,860	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	2,011	59,599	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	2,015	61,474	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	2,022	63,479	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	2,033	65,590	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	2,036	67,800	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	2,056	70,114	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	2,063	72,550	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	2,067	75,138	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	2,071	77,792	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	2,074	80,534	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	2,076	83,368	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	2,078	86,229	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	2,079	89,193	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	2,081	92,209	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	2,087	95,232	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	2,104	98,320	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	2,118	101,499	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	2,123	104,767	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	2,124	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

Slovenia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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