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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Switzerland	France	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	7,258	60,396	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	7,296	60,811	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	7,332	61,255	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	7,384	61,703	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	7,438	62,141	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	7,488	62,600	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	7,532	63,073	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	7,579	63,513	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	7,647	63,906	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	7,738	64,264	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	7,825	64,594	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	7,884	64,913	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	7,959	65,231	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	8,044	65,552	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	8,137	65,891	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	8,237	66,212	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	8,332	66,480	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	8,423	66,730	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	8,502	67,015	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	8,565	67,347	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	8,626	67,660	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	8,689	67,901	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	8,756	68,114	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	8,834	68,387	108,171

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

France

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
1276–1800: Ridolfi, L., & Nuvolari, A. (2021). L’histoire immobile? A reappraisal of French economic growth using the demand-side approach, 1280–1850. European Review of Economic History, 25(3), 405–428
1850-1913: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987
1920-1950: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.