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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Portugal	Congo - Kinshasa	Switzerland
Dec 31, 1999	10,144	51,181	7,258
Dec 31, 2000	10,215	52,782	7,296
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	54,453	7,332
Dec 31, 2002	10,344	56,170	7,384
Dec 31, 2003	10,383	57,860	7,438
Dec 31, 2004	10,408	59,599	7,488
Dec 31, 2005	10,427	61,474	7,532
Dec 31, 2006	10,446	63,479	7,579
Dec 31, 2007	10,467	65,590	7,647
Dec 31, 2008	10,482	67,800	7,738
Dec 31, 2009	10,492	70,114	7,825
Dec 31, 2010	10,497	72,550	7,884
Dec 31, 2011	10,481	75,138	7,959
Dec 31, 2012	10,439	77,792	8,044
Dec 31, 2013	10,382	80,534	8,137
Dec 31, 2014	10,326	83,368	8,237
Dec 31, 2015	10,283	86,229	8,332
Dec 31, 2016	10,251	89,193	8,423
Dec 31, 2017	10,226	92,209	8,502
Dec 31, 2018	10,209	95,232	8,565
Dec 31, 2019	10,212	98,320	8,626
Dec 31, 2020	10,223	101,499	8,689
Dec 31, 2021	10,214	104,767	8,756
Dec 31, 2022	10,200	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

Portugal

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
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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.