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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Switzerland	Mali	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	7,258	10,596	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	7,296	10,833	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	7,332	10,890	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	7,384	11,007	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	7,438	11,307	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	7,488	11,579	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	7,532	11,804	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	7,579	12,043	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	7,647	12,337	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	7,738	12,657	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	7,825	12,986	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	7,884	13,325	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	7,959	13,679	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	8,044	14,040	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	8,137	14,412	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	8,237	14,803	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	8,332	15,210	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	8,423	15,629	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	8,502	16,060	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	8,565	16,507	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	8,626	16,967	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	8,689	17,442	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	8,756	17,930	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	8,834	18,494	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 Mali, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.