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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Switzerland	Congo - Kinshasa	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	7,258	51,181	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	7,296	52,782	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	7,332	54,453	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	7,384	56,170	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	7,438	57,860	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	7,488	59,599	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	7,532	61,474	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	7,579	63,479	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	7,647	65,590	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	7,738	67,800	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	7,825	70,114	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	7,884	72,550	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	7,959	75,138	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	8,044	77,792	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	8,137	80,534	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	8,237	83,368	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	8,332	86,229	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	8,423	89,193	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	8,502	92,209	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	8,565	95,232	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	8,626	98,320	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	8,689	101,499	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	8,756	104,767	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	8,834	108,171	5,556

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

Finland

1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.