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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Luxembourg	Congo - Kinshasa	Switzerland
Dec 31, 1999	433	51,181	7,258
Dec 31, 2000	438	52,782	7,296
Dec 31, 2001	443	54,453	7,332
Dec 31, 2002	448	56,170	7,384
Dec 31, 2003	454	57,860	7,438
Dec 31, 2004	460	59,599	7,488
Dec 31, 2005	467	61,474	7,532
Dec 31, 2006	474	63,479	7,579
Dec 31, 2007	482	65,590	7,647
Dec 31, 2008	491	67,800	7,738
Dec 31, 2009	500	70,114	7,825
Dec 31, 2010	509	72,550	7,884
Dec 31, 2011	521	75,138	7,959
Dec 31, 2012	533	77,792	8,044
Dec 31, 2013	547	80,534	8,137
Dec 31, 2014	560	83,368	8,237
Dec 31, 2015	571	86,229	8,332
Dec 31, 2016	586	89,193	8,423
Dec 31, 2017	599	92,209	8,502
Dec 31, 2018	610	95,232	8,565
Dec 31, 2019	623	98,320	8,626
Dec 31, 2020	633	101,499	8,689
Dec 31, 2021	643	104,767	8,756
Dec 31, 2022	651	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 Luxembourg, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.