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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Sweden	Congo - Kinshasa	Switzerland
Dec 31, 1999	8,858	51,181	7,258
Dec 31, 2000	8,872	52,782	7,296
Dec 31, 2001	8,896	54,453	7,332
Dec 31, 2002	8,925	56,170	7,384
Dec 31, 2003	8,958	57,860	7,438
Dec 31, 2004	8,994	59,599	7,488
Dec 31, 2005	9,030	61,474	7,532
Dec 31, 2006	9,081	63,479	7,579
Dec 31, 2007	9,148	65,590	7,647
Dec 31, 2008	9,220	67,800	7,738
Dec 31, 2009	9,299	70,114	7,825
Dec 31, 2010	9,378	72,550	7,884
Dec 31, 2011	9,449	75,138	7,959
Dec 31, 2012	9,519	77,792	8,044
Dec 31, 2013	9,600	80,534	8,137
Dec 31, 2014	9,696	83,368	8,237
Dec 31, 2015	9,799	86,229	8,332
Dec 31, 2016	9,923	89,193	8,423
Dec 31, 2017	10,058	92,209	8,502
Dec 31, 2018	10,175	95,232	8,565
Dec 31, 2019	10,279	98,320	8,626
Dec 31, 2020	10,354	101,499	8,689
Dec 31, 2021	10,416	104,767	8,756
Dec 31, 2022	10,487	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

Sweden

1300–1560: Krantz, O. (2017) “Swedish GDP 1300-1560 A Tentative Estimate” Lund Papers in Economic History: General Issues; No. 152.
1560–1950: Schön, L., and O. Krantz (2015) “New Swedish Historical National Accounts since the 16th Century in Constant and Current Prices” Lund Papers in Economic History no. 140

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.