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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 BeninCongo - KinshasaSwitzerland
6,46151,1817,258
6,67752,7827,296
6,90254,4537,332
7,13056,1707,384
7,36057,8607,438
7,58959,5997,488
7,83861,4747,532
8,08963,4797,579
8,33565,5907,647
8,60367,8007,738
8,88470,1147,825
9,17972,5507,884
9,48675,1387,959
9,80577,7928,044
10,13580,5348,137
10,48083,3688,237
10,84286,2298,332
11,22089,1938,423
11,61392,2098,502
12,01895,2328,565
12,37098,3208,626
12,725101,4998,689
13,081104,7678,756
13,439108,1718,834

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