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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 SwitzerlandCongo - KinshasaAlbania
7,25851,1813,085
7,29652,7823,065
7,33254,4533,047
7,38456,1703,038
7,43857,8603,026
7,48859,5993,014
7,53261,4742,998
7,57963,4792,979
7,64765,5902,957
7,73867,8002,934
7,82570,1142,915
7,88472,5502,900
7,95975,1382,892
8,04477,7922,888
8,13780,5342,882
8,23783,3682,876
8,33286,2292,868
8,42389,1932,863
8,50292,2092,861
8,56595,2322,854
8,62698,3202,842
8,689101,4992,825
8,756104,7672,799
8,834108,1712,787

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