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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Italy	Switzerland
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	56,940	7,258
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	56,966	7,296
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	57,004	7,332
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	57,114	7,384
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	57,423	7,438
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	57,852	7,488
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	58,191	7,532
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	58,424	7,579
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	58,781	7,647
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	59,236	7,738
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	59,580	7,825
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	59,844	7,884
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	60,052	7,959
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	60,216	8,044
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	60,337	8,137
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	60,346	8,237
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	60,255	8,332
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	60,140	8,423
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	60,027	8,502
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	59,902	8,565
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	59,754	8,626
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	59,464	8,689
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	59,158	8,756
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	58,966	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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

Italy

1451-1861: Chilosi, D., & Ciccarelli, C. (2023). Italy in the Great Divergence: What Can We Learn from Engel’s Law (SSRN Scholarly Paper 4514091).
1861-1871 (North Italy): Malanima, P. (2010), “The long decline of a leading economy: GDP in central and northern Italy, 1300–1913” European Review of Economic History 15 (2): 169–219.
1871-1990: Baffigi, A. (2011).”Italian National Accounts, 1861-2011”, Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers 18.

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