Population, long-run history: compare countries
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- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Population, long-run history by country
Population, long-run history
Annual, Persons, thousands
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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
| Date | Bangladesh | Bosnia & Herzegovina | Switzerland |
|---|---|---|---|
| 132,907 | 3,811 | 7,258 | |
| 135,207 | 3,901 | 7,296 | |
| 137,420 | 3,919 | 7,332 | |
| 139,573 | 3,923 | 7,384 | |
| 141,650 | 3,940 | 7,438 | |
| 143,644 | 3,975 | 7,488 | |
| 145,546 | 3,991 | 7,532 | |
| 147,376 | 3,993 | 7,579 | |
| 149,047 | 3,990 | 7,647 | |
| 150,562 | 3,987 | 7,738 | |
| 152,189 | 3,985 | 7,825 | |
| 153,927 | 3,983 | 7,884 | |
| 155,634 | 3,980 | 7,959 | |
| 157,326 | 3,977 | 8,044 | |
| 158,999 | 3,973 | 8,137 | |
| 160,650 | 3,968 | 8,237 | |
| 162,273 | 3,963 | 8,332 | |
| 163,938 | 3,957 | 8,423 | |
| 165,655 | 3,951 | 8,502 | |
| 167,358 | 3,944 | 8,565 | |
| 169,045 | 3,937 | 8,626 | |
| 170,709 | 3,929 | 8,689 | |
| 172,354 | 3,921 | 8,756 | |
| 174,217 | 3,876 | 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.
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
Bangladesh
- 1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
Bosnia & Herzegovina
- 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project
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