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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 - KinshasaSwitzerlandMali
51,1817,25810,596
52,7827,29610,833
54,4537,33210,890
56,1707,38411,007
57,8607,43811,307
59,5997,48811,579
61,4747,53211,804
63,4797,57912,043
65,5907,64712,337
67,8007,73812,657
70,1147,82512,986
72,5507,88413,325
75,1387,95913,679
77,7928,04414,040
80,5348,13714,412
83,3688,23714,803
86,2298,33215,210
89,1938,42315,629
92,2098,50216,060
95,2328,56516,507
98,3208,62616,967
101,4998,68917,442
104,7678,75617,930
108,1718,83418,494

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