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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 SwitzerlandAlbaniaBosnia & Herzegovina
7,2583,0853,811
7,2963,0653,901
7,3323,0473,919
7,3843,0383,923
7,4383,0263,940
7,4883,0143,975
7,5322,9983,991
7,5792,9793,993
7,6472,9573,990
7,7382,9343,987
7,8252,9153,985
7,8842,9003,983
7,9592,8923,980
8,0442,8883,977
8,1372,8823,973
8,2372,8763,968
8,3322,8683,963
8,4232,8633,957
8,5022,8613,951
8,5652,8543,944
8,6262,8423,937
8,6892,8253,929
8,7562,7993,921
8,8342,7873,876

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

No separate list is published for Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.