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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date SwitzerlandCongo - KinshasaLithuania
7,25851,1813,419
7,29652,7823,395
7,33254,4533,367
7,38456,1703,340
7,43857,8603,313
7,48859,5993,276
7,53261,4743,223
7,57963,4793,172
7,64765,5903,134
7,73867,8003,102
7,82570,1143,068
7,88472,5503,004
7,95975,1382,937
8,04477,7922,898
8,13780,5342,869
8,23783,3682,844
8,33286,2292,818
8,42389,1932,782
8,50292,2092,744
8,56595,2322,718
8,62698,3202,710
8,689101,4992,711
8,756104,7672,724
8,834108,1712,748

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