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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 - KinshasaSwitzerlandNamibia
51,1817,2581,841
52,7827,2961,893
54,4537,3321,945
56,1707,3841,981
57,8607,4382,008
59,5997,4882,034
61,4747,5322,060
63,4797,5792,086
65,5907,6472,113
67,8007,7382,141
70,1147,8252,170
72,5507,8842,201
75,1387,9592,232
77,7928,0442,268
80,5348,1372,312
83,3688,2372,360
86,2298,3322,408
89,1938,4232,456
92,2098,5022,505
95,2328,5652,554
98,3208,6262,602
101,4998,6892,651
104,7678,7562,700
108,1718,8342,739

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