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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Germany	Senegal	Switzerland
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	81,439	10,070	7,258
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	81,474	10,305	7,296
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	81,534	10,576	7,332
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	81,595	10,864	7,384
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	81,566	11,172	7,438
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	81,473	11,498	7,488
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	81,354	11,839	7,532
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	81,190	12,204	7,579
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	81,009	12,584	7,647
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	80,781	12,978	7,738
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	80,500	13,382	7,825
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	80,301	13,794	7,884
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	80,292	14,226	7,959
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	80,443	14,668	8,044
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	80,663	15,121	8,137
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	81,000	15,589	8,237
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	81,704	16,066	8,332
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	82,366	16,549	8,423
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	82,674	17,044	8,502
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	82,923	17,535	8,565
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	83,110	18,021	8,626
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	83,178	18,518	8,689
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	83,213	19,016	8,756
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	83,811	19,512	8,834

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.

All data sources

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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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.