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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 ArmeniaCongo - KinshasaSwitzerland
2,97051,1817,258
2,96652,7827,296
2,96554,4537,332
2,96256,1707,384
2,95557,8607,438
2,95359,5997,488
2,95161,4747,532
2,94863,4797,579
2,94665,5907,647
2,94367,8007,738
2,94170,1147,825
2,93972,5507,884
2,93775,1387,959
2,93477,7928,044
2,93280,5348,137
2,92883,3688,237
2,92486,2298,332
2,91989,1938,423
2,91392,2098,502
2,90795,2328,565
2,89998,3208,626
2,891101,4998,689
2,881104,7678,756
2,871108,1718,834

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