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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Switzerland	Congo - Kinshasa	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	7,258	51,181	531
Dec 31, 2000	7,296	52,782	545
Dec 31, 2001	7,332	54,453	559
Dec 31, 2002	7,384	56,170	574
Dec 31, 2003	7,438	57,860	590
Dec 31, 2004	7,488	59,599	606
Dec 31, 2005	7,532	61,474	623
Dec 31, 2006	7,579	63,479	640
Dec 31, 2007	7,647	65,590	657
Dec 31, 2008	7,738	67,800	674
Dec 31, 2009	7,825	70,114	690
Dec 31, 2010	7,884	72,550	706
Dec 31, 2011	7,959	75,138	722
Dec 31, 2012	8,044	77,792	737
Dec 31, 2013	8,137	80,534	752
Dec 31, 2014	8,237	83,368	767
Dec 31, 2015	8,332	86,229	781
Dec 31, 2016	8,423	89,193	795
Dec 31, 2017	8,502	92,209	808
Dec 31, 2018	8,565	95,232	821
Dec 31, 2019	8,626	98,320	837
Dec 31, 2020	8,689	101,499	853
Dec 31, 2021	8,756	104,767	869
Dec 31, 2022	8,834	108,171	885

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, Comoros; the database as a whole is cited above.