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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 - KinshasaSwitzerlandLibya
51,1817,2584,993
52,7827,2965,116
54,4537,3325,237
56,1707,3845,357
57,8607,4385,476
59,5997,4885,595
61,4747,5325,715
63,4797,5795,835
65,5907,6475,967
67,8007,7386,115
70,1147,8256,270
72,5507,8846,432
75,1387,9596,144
77,7928,0445,849
80,5348,1376,010
83,3688,2376,163
86,2298,3326,291
89,1938,4236,415
92,2098,5026,549
95,2328,5656,689
98,3208,6266,826
101,4998,6896,960
104,7678,7567,088
108,1718,8347,169

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, Libya; the database as a whole is cited above.