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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 - KinshasaHaitiSwitzerland
51,1818,1217,258
52,7828,2797,296
54,4538,4307,332
56,1708,5807,384
57,8608,7397,438
59,5998,9007,488
61,4749,0617,532
63,4799,2167,579
65,5909,3647,647
67,8009,5087,738
70,1149,6527,825
72,5509,5537,884
75,1389,6707,959
77,7929,7938,044
80,5349,9228,137
83,36810,0478,237
86,22910,2548,332
89,19310,4868,423
92,20910,6478,502
95,23210,7888,565
98,32010,9338,626
101,49911,0778,689
104,76711,2158,756
108,17111,3498,834

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.

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