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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Switzerland	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	7,258	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	7,296	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	7,332	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	7,384	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	7,438	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	7,488	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	7,532	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	7,579	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	7,647	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	7,738	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	7,825	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	7,884	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	7,959	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	8,044	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	8,137	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	8,237	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	8,332	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	8,423	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	8,502	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	8,565	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	8,626	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	8,689	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	8,756	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	8,834	23,796

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, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.