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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 - KinshasaPuerto RicoSwitzerland
51,1813,8007,258
52,7823,8117,296
54,4533,8197,332
56,1703,8247,384
57,8603,8267,438
59,5993,8277,488
61,4743,8227,532
63,4793,8057,579
65,5903,7837,647
67,8003,7617,738
70,1143,7417,825
72,5503,7227,884
75,1383,6797,959
77,7923,6368,044
80,5343,5898,137
83,3683,5348,237
86,2293,4738,332
89,1933,4118,423
92,2093,3528,502
95,2323,2958,565
98,3203,2688,626
101,4993,2478,689
104,7673,2328,756
108,1713,2288,834

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, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.