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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 AzerbaijanCongo - KinshasaSwitzerland
8,05651,1817,258
8,12752,7827,296
8,19454,4537,332
8,25756,1707,384
8,31957,8607,438
8,39159,5997,488
8,47561,4747,532
8,56563,4797,579
8,65765,5907,647
8,75067,8007,738
8,84270,1147,825
8,93372,5507,884
9,02575,1387,959
9,11777,7928,044
9,21080,5348,137
9,30283,3688,237
9,39386,2298,332
9,48189,1938,423
9,56792,2098,502
9,64995,2328,565
9,72798,3208,626
9,802101,4998,689
9,874104,7678,756
9,918108,1718,834

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