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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

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

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