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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 & HerzegovinaParaguay
7,2583,8115,366
7,2963,9015,473
7,3323,9195,579
7,3843,9235,683
7,4383,9405,786
7,4883,9755,886
7,5323,9915,984
7,5793,9936,080
7,6473,9906,173
7,7383,9876,264
7,8253,9856,352
7,8843,9836,438
7,9593,9806,522
8,0443,9776,605
8,1373,9736,688
8,2373,9686,769
8,3323,9636,850
8,4233,9576,930
8,5023,9517,012
8,5653,9447,095
8,6263,9377,179
8,6893,9297,263
8,7563,9217,348
8,8343,8767,432

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 Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.