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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Switzerland	Madagascar	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	7,258	15,259	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	7,296	15,707	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	7,332	16,162	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	7,384	16,631	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	7,438	17,114	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	7,488	17,610	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	7,532	18,120	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	7,579	18,641	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	7,647	19,173	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	7,738	19,717	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	7,825	20,272	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	7,884	20,837	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	7,959	21,413	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	8,044	21,999	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	8,137	22,593	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	8,237	23,196	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	8,332	23,806	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	8,423	24,423	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	8,502	25,044	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	8,565	25,671	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	8,626	26,302	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	8,689	26,936	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	8,756	27,573	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	8,834	28,237	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 Madagascar, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.