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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date YemenCongo - KinshasaSwitzerland
16,72851,1817,258
17,23652,7827,296
17,76254,4537,332
18,31056,1707,384
18,85557,8607,438
19,41059,5997,488
20,00061,4747,532
20,61163,4797,579
21,23665,5907,647
21,87867,8007,738
22,53370,1147,825
23,19572,5507,884
23,88075,1387,959
24,59477,7928,044
25,31180,5348,137
26,02083,3688,237
26,69886,2298,332
27,34789,1938,423
27,98592,2098,502
28,60895,2328,565
29,21698,3208,626
29,811101,4998,689
30,399104,7678,756
31,058108,1718,834

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