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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Tunisia	Congo - Kinshasa	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	9,417	51,181	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	9,514	52,782	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	9,613	54,453	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	9,711	56,170	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	9,810	57,860	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	9,906	59,599	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	9,997	61,474	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	10,087	63,479	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	10,178	65,590	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	10,274	67,800	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	10,377	70,114	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	10,491	72,550	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	10,612	75,138	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	10,737	77,792	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	10,866	80,534	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	10,996	83,368	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	11,124	86,229	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	11,248	89,193	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	11,365	92,209	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	11,477	95,232	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	11,583	98,320	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	11,681	101,499	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	11,772	104,767	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	11,862	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 Tunisia, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.