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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 SwitzerlandDenmarkBosnia & Herzegovina
7,2585,3223,811
7,2965,3393,901
7,3325,3583,919
7,3845,3773,923
7,4385,3913,940
7,4885,4043,975
7,5325,4203,991
7,5795,4383,993
7,6475,4613,990
7,7385,4943,987
7,8255,5243,985
7,8845,5483,983
7,9595,5713,980
8,0445,5923,977
8,1375,6143,973
8,2375,6443,968
8,3325,6833,963
8,4235,7303,957
8,5025,7663,951
8,5655,7953,944
8,6265,8183,937
8,6895,8313,929
8,7565,8553,921
8,8345,9073,876

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 Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.