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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 CameroonOmanSwitzerland
15,4832,3487,258
15,9132,4037,296
16,3542,4577,332
16,8152,5107,384
17,2892,5627,438
17,7642,6137,488
18,2492,6637,532
18,7462,7137,579
19,2782,7647,647
19,8432,8167,738
20,4192,8717,825
21,0022,9287,884
21,5862,9867,959
22,1813,0478,044
22,8003,1108,137
23,5133,1748,237
24,2733,2408,332
24,9953,3078,423
25,6803,3758,502
26,3733,4448,565
27,1143,5128,626
27,8783,5828,689
28,6633,6518,756
29,4173,6968,834

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 Cameroon, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.