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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Switzerland	Burkina Faso	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	7,258	11,075	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	7,296	11,405	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	7,332	11,828	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	7,384	12,380	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	7,438	12,829	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	7,488	13,178	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	7,532	13,540	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	7,579	13,917	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	7,647	14,309	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	7,738	14,722	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	7,825	15,152	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	7,884	15,600	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	7,959	16,064	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	8,044	16,563	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	8,137	17,072	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	8,237	17,575	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	8,332	18,094	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	8,423	18,621	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	8,502	19,157	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	8,565	19,698	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	8,626	20,242	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	8,689	20,788	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	8,756	21,336	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	8,834	21,889	108,171

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 Burkina Faso, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.