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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 Congo - KinshasaCentral African RepublicSwitzerland
51,1813,8897,258
52,7823,9807,296
54,4534,0547,332
56,1704,1287,384
57,8604,2157,438
59,5994,2897,488
61,4744,3637,532
63,4794,4497,579
65,5904,5447,647
67,8004,6417,738
70,1144,7427,825
72,5504,8457,884
75,1384,9507,959
77,7925,0578,044
80,5345,1678,137
83,3685,2788,237
86,2295,3928,332
89,1935,5078,423
92,2095,6258,502
95,2325,7458,565
98,3205,8748,626
101,4996,0258,689
104,7676,1548,756
108,1716,2918,834

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.