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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 SwitzerlandBangladeshBosnia & Herzegovina
7,258132,9073,811
7,296135,2073,901
7,332137,4203,919
7,384139,5733,923
7,438141,6503,940
7,488143,6443,975
7,532145,5463,991
7,579147,3763,993
7,647149,0473,990
7,738150,5623,987
7,825152,1893,985
7,884153,9273,983
7,959155,6343,980
8,044157,3263,977
8,137158,9993,973
8,237160,6503,968
8,332162,2733,963
8,423163,9383,957
8,502165,6553,951
8,565167,3583,944
8,626169,0453,937
8,689170,7093,929
8,756172,3543,921
8,834174,2173,876

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

Bangladesh

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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