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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Ethiopia	Congo - Kinshasa	Switzerland
Dec 31, 1999	63,575	51,181	7,258
Dec 31, 2000	65,213	52,782	7,296
Dec 31, 2001	66,889	54,453	7,332
Dec 31, 2002	68,649	56,170	7,384
Dec 31, 2003	70,491	57,860	7,438
Dec 31, 2004	72,389	59,599	7,488
Dec 31, 2005	74,327	61,474	7,532
Dec 31, 2006	76,326	63,479	7,579
Dec 31, 2007	78,411	65,590	7,647
Dec 31, 2008	80,564	67,800	7,738
Dec 31, 2009	82,787	70,114	7,825
Dec 31, 2010	85,096	72,550	7,884
Dec 31, 2011	87,530	75,138	7,959
Dec 31, 2012	90,066	77,792	8,044
Dec 31, 2013	92,632	80,534	8,137
Dec 31, 2014	95,337	83,368	8,237
Dec 31, 2015	98,114	86,229	8,332
Dec 31, 2016	100,858	89,193	8,423
Dec 31, 2017	103,654	92,209	8,502
Dec 31, 2018	106,466	95,232	8,565
Dec 31, 2019	109,267	98,320	8,626
Dec 31, 2020	112,100	101,499	8,689
Dec 31, 2021	114,964	104,767	8,756
Dec 31, 2022	117,924	108,171	8,834

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 Ethiopia, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.