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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Switzerland	Congo - Kinshasa	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	7,258	51,181	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	7,296	52,782	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	7,332	54,453	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	7,384	56,170	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	7,438	57,860	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	7,488	59,599	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	7,532	61,474	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	7,579	63,479	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	7,647	65,590	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	7,738	67,800	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	7,825	70,114	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	7,884	72,550	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	7,959	75,138	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	8,044	77,792	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	8,137	80,534	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	8,237	83,368	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	8,332	86,229	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	8,423	89,193	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	8,502	92,209	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	8,565	95,232	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	8,626	98,320	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	8,689	101,499	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	8,756	104,767	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	8,834	108,171	7,387

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

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.