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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 SwitzerlandQatarBosnia & Herzegovina
7,2586273,811
7,2966593,901
7,3326913,919
7,3847243,923
7,4387573,940
7,4888503,975
7,5321,0013,991
7,5791,1533,993
7,6471,3063,990
7,7381,4603,987
7,8251,6153,985
7,8841,7703,983
7,9591,9043,980
8,0442,0103,977
8,1372,1033,973
8,2372,1873,968
8,3322,2613,963
8,4232,3263,957
8,5022,3843,951
8,5652,4353,944
8,6262,4803,937
8,6892,5193,929
8,7562,5533,921
8,8342,5593,876

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 Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.