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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 & HerzegovinaPuerto Rico
7,2583,8113,800
7,2963,9013,811
7,3323,9193,819
7,3843,9233,824
7,4383,9403,826
7,4883,9753,827
7,5323,9913,822
7,5793,9933,805
7,6473,9903,783
7,7383,9873,761
7,8253,9853,741
7,8843,9833,722
7,9593,9803,679
8,0443,9773,636
8,1373,9733,589
8,2373,9683,534
8,3323,9633,473
8,4233,9573,411
8,5023,9513,352
8,5653,9443,295
8,6263,9373,268
8,6893,9293,247
8,7563,9213,232
8,8343,8763,228

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 Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.