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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bangladesh	Congo - Kinshasa	Switzerland
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	51,181	7,258
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	52,782	7,296
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	54,453	7,332
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	56,170	7,384
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	57,860	7,438
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	59,599	7,488
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	61,474	7,532
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	63,479	7,579
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	65,590	7,647
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	67,800	7,738
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	70,114	7,825
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	72,550	7,884
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	75,138	7,959
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	77,792	8,044
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	80,534	8,137
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	83,368	8,237
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	86,229	8,332
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	89,193	8,423
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	92,209	8,502
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	95,232	8,565
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	98,320	8,626
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	101,499	8,689
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	104,767	8,756
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	108,171	8,834

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

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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