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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Switzerland	Congo - Kinshasa	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	7,258	51,181	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	7,296	52,782	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	7,332	54,453	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	7,384	56,170	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	7,438	57,860	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	7,488	59,599	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	7,532	61,474	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	7,579	63,479	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	7,647	65,590	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	7,738	67,800	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	7,825	70,114	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	7,884	72,550	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	7,959	75,138	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	8,044	77,792	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	8,137	80,534	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	8,237	83,368	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	8,332	86,229	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	8,423	89,193	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	8,502	92,209	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	8,565	95,232	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	8,626	98,320	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	8,689	101,499	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	8,756	104,767	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	8,834	108,171	6,910

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, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.