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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 & HerzegovinaPhilippines
7,2583,81179,346
7,2963,90181,131
7,3323,91983,023
7,3843,92384,876
7,4383,94086,697
7,4883,97588,568
7,5323,99190,418
7,5793,99392,253
7,6473,99094,098
7,7383,98795,923
7,8253,98597,627
7,8843,98399,317
7,9593,980100,999
8,0443,977102,618
8,1373,973104,299
8,2373,968106,076
8,3323,963107,868
8,4233,957109,493
8,5023,951111,094
8,5653,944112,843
8,6263,937114,636
8,6893,929117,026
8,7563,921119,473
8,8343,876121,234

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

Philippines

  • 1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
  • 1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.