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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 SwitzerlandBurkina FasoBosnia & Herzegovina
7,25811,0753,811
7,29611,4053,901
7,33211,8283,919
7,38412,3803,923
7,43812,8293,940
7,48813,1783,975
7,53213,5403,991
7,57913,9173,993
7,64714,3093,990
7,73814,7223,987
7,82515,1523,985
7,88415,6003,983
7,95916,0643,980
8,04416,5633,977
8,13717,0723,973
8,23717,5753,968
8,33218,0943,963
8,42318,6213,957
8,50219,1573,951
8,56519,6983,944
8,62620,2423,937
8,68920,7883,929
8,75621,3363,921
8,83421,8893,876

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

No separate list is published for Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.