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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Switzerland	Honduras	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	7,258	6,198	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	7,296	6,367	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	7,332	6,535	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	7,384	6,698	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	7,438	6,863	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	7,488	7,028	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	7,532	7,194	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	7,579	7,359	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	7,647	7,522	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	7,738	7,682	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	7,825	7,839	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	7,884	7,991	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	7,959	8,141	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	8,044	8,288	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	8,137	8,429	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	8,237	8,546	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	8,332	8,661	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	8,423	8,770	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	8,502	8,878	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	8,565	9,002	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	8,626	9,154	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	8,689	9,304	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	8,756	9,448	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	8,834	9,590	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

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