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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date United Arab EmiratesSwitzerlandCongo - Kinshasa
3,1017,25851,181
3,2847,29652,782
3,4587,33254,453
3,6137,38456,170
3,7547,43857,860
3,8827,48859,599
4,0007,53261,474
4,5327,57963,479
5,6237,64765,590
7,2777,73867,800
8,1647,82570,114
8,1527,88472,550
8,4387,95975,138
8,7478,04477,792
9,0778,13780,534
9,3218,23783,368
9,4618,33286,229
9,5878,42389,193
9,6998,50292,209
9,7968,56595,232
9,8798,62698,320
9,9538,689101,499
10,0188,756104,767
10,0998,834108,171

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

Switzerland

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
  • 1850-2011: Stohr, Christian (2016), Trading Gains: new estimates of Swiss GDP, 1851-2008. Economic History Working Papers, 245/2016. London School of Economics and Political Science, Economic History Department, London, UK

No separate list is published for United Arab Emirates, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.