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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Switzerland	Congo - Kinshasa	France
Dec 31, 1999	7,258	51,181	60,396
Dec 31, 2000	7,296	52,782	60,811
Dec 31, 2001	7,332	54,453	61,255
Dec 31, 2002	7,384	56,170	61,703
Dec 31, 2003	7,438	57,860	62,141
Dec 31, 2004	7,488	59,599	62,600
Dec 31, 2005	7,532	61,474	63,073
Dec 31, 2006	7,579	63,479	63,513
Dec 31, 2007	7,647	65,590	63,906
Dec 31, 2008	7,738	67,800	64,264
Dec 31, 2009	7,825	70,114	64,594
Dec 31, 2010	7,884	72,550	64,913
Dec 31, 2011	7,959	75,138	65,231
Dec 31, 2012	8,044	77,792	65,552
Dec 31, 2013	8,137	80,534	65,891
Dec 31, 2014	8,237	83,368	66,212
Dec 31, 2015	8,332	86,229	66,480
Dec 31, 2016	8,423	89,193	66,730
Dec 31, 2017	8,502	92,209	67,015
Dec 31, 2018	8,565	95,232	67,347
Dec 31, 2019	8,626	98,320	67,660
Dec 31, 2020	8,689	101,499	67,901
Dec 31, 2021	8,756	104,767	68,114
Dec 31, 2022	8,834	108,171	68,387

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

France

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
1276–1800: Ridolfi, L., & Nuvolari, A. (2021). L’histoire immobile? A reappraisal of French economic growth using the demand-side approach, 1280–1850. European Review of Economic History, 25(3), 405–428
1850-1913: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987
1920-1950: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987

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