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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Switzerland	Congo - Kinshasa	Trinidad & Tobago
Dec 31, 1999	7,258	51,181	1,301
Dec 31, 2000	7,296	52,782	1,303
Dec 31, 2001	7,332	54,453	1,308
Dec 31, 2002	7,384	56,170	1,314
Dec 31, 2003	7,438	57,860	1,320
Dec 31, 2004	7,488	59,599	1,326
Dec 31, 2005	7,532	61,474	1,332
Dec 31, 2006	7,579	63,479	1,338
Dec 31, 2007	7,647	65,590	1,344
Dec 31, 2008	7,738	67,800	1,352
Dec 31, 2009	7,825	70,114	1,359
Dec 31, 2010	7,884	72,550	1,365
Dec 31, 2011	7,959	75,138	1,372
Dec 31, 2012	8,044	77,792	1,379
Dec 31, 2013	8,137	80,534	1,386
Dec 31, 2014	8,237	83,368	1,392
Dec 31, 2015	8,332	86,229	1,399
Dec 31, 2016	8,423	89,193	1,405
Dec 31, 2017	8,502	92,209	1,411
Dec 31, 2018	8,565	95,232	1,436
Dec 31, 2019	8,626	98,320	1,452
Dec 31, 2020	8,689	101,499	1,448
Dec 31, 2021	8,756	104,767	1,450
Dec 31, 2022	8,834	108,171	1,456

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, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.