Population, long-run history: compare countries

See Population, long-run history for up to four countries side by side.

Countries being compared

Add a country

Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Switzerland	United States	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	7,258	279,040	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	7,296	282,162	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	7,332	284,969	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	7,384	287,625	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	7,438	290,108	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	7,488	292,805	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	7,532	295,517	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	7,579	298,380	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	7,647	301,231	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	7,738	304,094	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	7,825	306,772	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	7,884	309,327	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	7,959	311,583	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	8,044	313,878	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	8,137	316,060	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	8,237	318,386	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	8,332	320,739	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	8,423	323,072	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	8,502	325,122	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	8,565	326,838	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	8,626	328,330	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	8,689	331,512	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	8,756	332,032	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	8,834	333,288	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.

All data sources

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

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

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