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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 - KinshasaCambodiaSwitzerland
51,18112,1227,258
52,78212,3177,296
54,45312,5047,332
56,17012,6917,384
57,86012,8817,438
59,59913,0767,488
61,47413,2767,532
63,47913,4617,579
65,59013,6307,647
67,80013,8087,738
70,11413,9907,825
72,55014,1627,884
75,13814,3227,959
77,79214,4808,044
80,53414,6378,137
83,36814,7938,237
86,22914,9948,332
89,19315,2388,423
92,20915,4808,502
95,23215,7178,565
98,32015,9448,626
101,49916,1498,689
104,76716,3388,756
108,17116,5148,834

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