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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Switzerland	Yemen	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	7,258	16,728	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	7,296	17,236	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	7,332	17,762	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	7,384	18,310	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	7,438	18,855	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	7,488	19,410	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	7,532	20,000	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	7,579	20,611	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	7,647	21,236	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	7,738	21,878	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	7,825	22,533	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	7,884	23,195	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	7,959	23,880	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	8,044	24,594	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	8,137	25,311	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	8,237	26,020	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	8,332	26,698	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	8,423	27,347	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	8,502	27,985	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	8,565	28,608	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	8,626	29,216	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	8,689	29,811	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	8,756	30,399	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	8,834	31,058	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 Yemen, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.