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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Switzerland	Greece
Dec 31, 1999	7,258	10,618
Dec 31, 2000	7,296	10,662
Dec 31, 2001	7,332	10,718
Dec 31, 2002	7,384	10,757
Dec 31, 2003	7,438	10,783
Dec 31, 2004	7,488	10,809
Dec 31, 2005	7,532	10,841
Dec 31, 2006	7,579	10,874
Dec 31, 2007	7,647	10,901
Dec 31, 2008	7,738	10,930
Dec 31, 2009	7,825	10,959
Dec 31, 2010	7,884	10,973
Dec 31, 2011	7,959	10,957
Dec 31, 2012	8,044	10,898
Dec 31, 2013	8,137	10,819
Dec 31, 2014	8,237	10,747
Dec 31, 2015	8,332	10,677
Dec 31, 2016	8,423	10,633
Dec 31, 2017	8,502	10,612
Dec 31, 2018	8,565	10,590
Dec 31, 2019	8,626	10,579
Dec 31, 2020	8,689	10,556
Dec 31, 2021	8,756	10,499
Dec 31, 2022	8,834	10,437

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

Greece

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
1833-1913: Kostelenos G., S. Petmezas, D. Vasiliou, E. Kounaris and M. Sfakianakis, (2007), "Gross Domestic Product 1830-1939", Sources of Economic History of Modern Greece: Quantitative data and statistical series 1830-1939, Historical Archives of the National Bank of Greece, Athens.
1913-1929: C. Clark, Conditions of Economic Progress, 3rd edition, Macmillan, London, 1957; 1929-38 GNP at factor cost from Ekonomikos Tachydromos, 22 May 1954; 1938-50 from OEEC, Europe and the World Economy, Paris 1960, p.116.
1929-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995