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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Switzerland	Congo - Kinshasa	Ghana
Dec 31, 1999	7,258	51,181	19,327
Dec 31, 2000	7,296	52,782	19,792
Dec 31, 2001	7,332	54,453	20,280
Dec 31, 2002	7,384	56,170	20,806
Dec 31, 2003	7,438	57,860	21,350
Dec 31, 2004	7,488	59,599	21,900
Dec 31, 2005	7,532	61,474	22,469
Dec 31, 2006	7,579	63,479	23,058
Dec 31, 2007	7,647	65,590	23,661
Dec 31, 2008	7,738	67,800	24,270
Dec 31, 2009	7,825	70,114	24,899
Dec 31, 2010	7,884	72,550	25,559
Dec 31, 2011	7,959	75,138	26,244
Dec 31, 2012	8,044	77,792	26,945
Dec 31, 2013	8,137	80,534	27,664
Dec 31, 2014	8,237	83,368	28,405
Dec 31, 2015	8,332	86,229	29,146
Dec 31, 2016	8,423	89,193	29,879
Dec 31, 2017	8,502	92,209	30,617
Dec 31, 2018	8,565	95,232	31,362
Dec 31, 2019	8,626	98,320	32,111
Dec 31, 2020	8,689	101,499	32,864
Dec 31, 2021	8,756	104,767	33,622
Dec 31, 2022	8,834	108,171	34,280

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

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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