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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	São Tomé & Príncipe	Congo - Kinshasa	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	138	51,181	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	141	52,782	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	144	54,453	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	147	56,170	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	151	57,860	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	154	59,599	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	158	61,474	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	161	63,479	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	165	65,590	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	168	67,800	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	172	70,114	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	176	72,550	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	180	75,138	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	183	77,792	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	187	80,534	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	190	83,368	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	194	86,229	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	198	89,193	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	201	92,209	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	204	95,232	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	208	98,320	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	212	101,499	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	216	104,767	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	220	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 São Tomé & Príncipe, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.