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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Switzerland	Benin	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	7,258	6,461	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	7,296	6,677	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	7,332	6,902	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	7,384	7,130	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	7,438	7,360	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	7,488	7,589	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	7,532	7,838	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	7,579	8,089	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	7,647	8,335	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	7,738	8,603	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	7,825	8,884	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	7,884	9,179	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	7,959	9,486	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	8,044	9,805	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	8,137	10,135	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	8,237	10,480	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	8,332	10,842	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	8,423	11,220	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	8,502	11,613	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	8,565	12,018	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	8,626	12,370	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	8,689	12,725	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	8,756	13,081	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	8,834	13,439	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 Benin, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.