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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Switzerland	Lesotho	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	7,258	1,908	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	7,296	1,916	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	7,332	1,922	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	7,384	1,926	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	7,438	1,926	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	7,488	1,925	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	7,532	1,922	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	7,579	1,919	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	7,647	1,917	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	7,738	1,915	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	7,825	1,916	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	7,884	1,920	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	7,959	1,925	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	8,044	1,930	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	8,137	1,936	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	8,237	1,942	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	8,332	1,948	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	8,423	1,953	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	8,502	1,958	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	8,565	1,962	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	8,626	1,987	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	8,689	2,013	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	8,756	2,037	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	8,834	2,059	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 Lesotho, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.