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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Afghanistan	Switzerland
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	7,258
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	7,296
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	7,332
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	7,384
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	7,438
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	7,488
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	7,532
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	7,579
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	7,647
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	7,738
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	7,825
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	7,884
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	7,959
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	8,044
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	8,137
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	8,237
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	8,332
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	8,423
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	8,502
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	8,565
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	8,626
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	8,689
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	8,756
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	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 Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.