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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Switzerland	Ghana	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	7,258	19,327	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	7,296	19,792	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	7,332	20,280	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	7,384	20,806	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	7,438	21,350	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	7,488	21,900	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	7,532	22,469	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	7,579	23,058	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	7,647	23,661	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	7,738	24,270	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	7,825	24,899	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	7,884	25,559	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	7,959	26,244	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	8,044	26,945	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	8,137	27,664	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	8,237	28,405	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	8,332	29,146	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	8,423	29,879	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	8,502	30,617	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	8,565	31,362	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	8,626	32,111	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	8,689	32,864	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	8,756	33,622	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	8,834	34,280	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

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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