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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	France	Switzerland	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	60,396	7,258	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	60,811	7,296	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	61,255	7,332	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	61,703	7,384	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	62,141	7,438	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	62,600	7,488	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	63,073	7,532	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	63,513	7,579	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	63,906	7,647	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	64,264	7,738	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	64,594	7,825	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	64,913	7,884	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	65,231	7,959	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	65,552	8,044	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	65,891	8,137	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	66,212	8,237	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	66,480	8,332	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	66,730	8,423	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	67,015	8,502	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	67,347	8,565	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	67,660	8,626	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	67,901	8,689	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	68,114	8,756	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	68,387	8,834	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

France

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
1276–1800: Ridolfi, L., & Nuvolari, A. (2021). L’histoire immobile? A reappraisal of French economic growth using the demand-side approach, 1280–1850. European Review of Economic History, 25(3), 405–428
1850-1913: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987
1920-1950: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987

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