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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Switzerland	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	7,258	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	7,296	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	7,332	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	7,384	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	7,438	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	7,488	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	7,532	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	7,579	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	7,647	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	7,738	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	7,825	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	7,884	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	7,959	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	8,044	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	8,137	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	8,237	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	8,332	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	8,423	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	8,502	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	8,565	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	8,626	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	8,689	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	8,756	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	8,834	5,907

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

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