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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Switzerland	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	7,258	277
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	7,296	281
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	7,332	285
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	7,384	288
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	7,438	289
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	7,488	293
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	7,532	296
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	7,579	304
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	7,647	311
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	7,738	319
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	7,825	319
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	7,884	318
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	7,959	319
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	8,044	321
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	8,137	324
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	8,237	327
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	8,332	331
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	8,423	335
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	8,502	343
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	8,565	353
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	8,626	361
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	8,689	366
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	8,756	372
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	8,834	380

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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.