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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Switzerland	Morocco	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	7,258	28,400	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	7,296	28,744	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	7,332	29,094	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	7,384	29,447	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	7,438	29,806	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	7,488	30,169	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	7,532	30,552	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	7,579	30,953	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	7,647	31,354	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	7,738	31,754	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	7,825	32,154	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	7,884	32,553	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	7,959	32,951	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	8,044	33,346	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	8,137	33,737	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	8,237	34,124	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	8,332	34,511	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	8,423	34,898	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	8,502	35,279	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	8,565	35,653	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	8,626	36,018	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	8,689	36,375	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	8,756	36,723	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	8,834	37,101	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 Morocco, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.