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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 - KinshasaSwitzerlandSenegal
51,1817,25810,070
52,7827,29610,305
54,4537,33210,576
56,1707,38410,864
57,8607,43811,172
59,5997,48811,498
61,4747,53211,839
63,4797,57912,204
65,5907,64712,584
67,8007,73812,978
70,1147,82513,382
72,5507,88413,794
75,1387,95914,226
77,7928,04414,668
80,5348,13715,121
83,3688,23715,589
86,2298,33216,066
89,1938,42316,549
92,2098,50217,044
95,2328,56517,535
98,3208,62618,021
101,4998,68918,518
104,7678,75619,016
108,1718,83419,512

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