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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 - KinshasaOman
7,25851,1812,348
7,29652,7822,403
7,33254,4532,457
7,38456,1702,510
7,43857,8602,562
7,48859,5992,613
7,53261,4742,663
7,57963,4792,713
7,64765,5902,764
7,73867,8002,816
7,82570,1142,871
7,88472,5502,928
7,95975,1382,986
8,04477,7923,047
8,13780,5343,110
8,23783,3683,174
8,33286,2293,240
8,42389,1933,307
8,50292,2093,375
8,56595,2323,444
8,62698,3203,512
8,689101,4993,582
8,756104,7673,651
8,834108,1713,696

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