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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 SwitzerlandBosnia & HerzegovinaBangladesh
7,2583,811132,907
7,2963,901135,207
7,3323,919137,420
7,3843,923139,573
7,4383,940141,650
7,4883,975143,644
7,5323,991145,546
7,5793,993147,376
7,6473,990149,047
7,7383,987150,562
7,8253,985152,189
7,8843,983153,927
7,9593,980155,634
8,0443,977157,326
8,1373,973158,999
8,2373,968160,650
8,3323,963162,273
8,4233,957163,938
8,5023,951165,655
8,5653,944167,358
8,6263,937169,045
8,6893,929170,709
8,7563,921172,354
8,8343,876174,217

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

Bangladesh

  • 1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995