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Population, long-run history

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date LesothoCongo - KinshasaSwitzerland
1,90851,1817,258
1,91652,7827,296
1,92254,4537,332
1,92656,1707,384
1,92657,8607,438
1,92559,5997,488
1,92261,4747,532
1,91963,4797,579
1,91765,5907,647
1,91567,8007,738
1,91670,1147,825
1,92072,5507,884
1,92575,1387,959
1,93077,7928,044
1,93680,5348,137
1,94283,3688,237
1,94886,2298,332
1,95389,1938,423
1,95892,2098,502
1,96295,2328,565
1,98798,3208,626
2,013101,4998,689
2,037104,7678,756
2,059108,1718,834

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