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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 - KinshasaMoroccoSwitzerland
51,18128,4007,258
52,78228,7447,296
54,45329,0947,332
56,17029,4477,384
57,86029,8067,438
59,59930,1697,488
61,47430,5527,532
63,47930,9537,579
65,59031,3547,647
67,80031,7547,738
70,11432,1547,825
72,55032,5537,884
75,13832,9517,959
77,79233,3468,044
80,53433,7378,137
83,36834,1248,237
86,22934,5118,332
89,19334,8988,423
92,20935,2798,502
95,23235,6538,565
98,32036,0188,626
101,49936,3758,689
104,76736,7238,756
108,17137,1018,834

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