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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Switzerland	Belgium	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	7,258	10,227	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	7,296	10,252	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	7,332	10,288	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	7,384	10,334	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	7,438	10,377	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	7,488	10,422	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	7,532	10,480	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	7,579	10,549	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	7,647	10,627	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	7,738	10,711	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	7,825	10,797	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	7,884	10,897	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	7,959	11,039	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	8,044	11,108	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	8,137	11,160	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	8,237	11,210	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	8,332	11,275	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	8,423	11,332	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	8,502	11,376	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	8,565	11,429	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	8,626	11,491	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	8,689	11,546	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	8,756	11,594	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	8,834	11,695	3,876

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

Belgium

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
1500- 1846: Buyst, E. (2011), “Towards Estimates of Long Term Growth in the Southern Low Countries, ca.1500-1846”, Results presented at the Conference on Quantifying Long Run Economic Development, Venice, 22-24 March, 2011
1846-1913: J. Gadisseur, "Contribution à l'étude de la production agricole en Belgique de 1846 à 1913", Revue belge d'histoire contemporaine, vol. IV, 1-2, 1973,
1913-1950: C. Carbonnelle, "Recherches sur levolution de la production en Belgique de 1900à 1957", Cahiers Economiques de Bruxelles, no. 3, April 1959, p. 358.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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