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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Turkmenistan	Congo - Kinshasa	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	4,324	51,181	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	4,385	52,782	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	4,444	54,453	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	4,502	56,170	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	4,556	57,860	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	4,608	59,599	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	4,664	61,474	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	4,719	63,479	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	4,773	65,590	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	4,828	67,800	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	4,884	70,114	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	4,940	72,550	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	4,996	75,138	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	5,053	77,792	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	5,110	80,534	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	5,169	83,368	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	5,227	86,229	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	5,287	89,193	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	5,346	92,209	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	5,405	95,232	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	5,464	98,320	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	5,522	101,499	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	5,579	104,767	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	5,657	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 Turkmenistan, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.