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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 DominicaBangladeshSwitzerland
70132,9077,258
71135,2077,296
71137,4207,332
72139,5737,384
72141,6507,438
72143,6447,488
72145,5467,532
72147,3767,579
72149,0477,647
73150,5627,738
73152,1897,825
73153,9277,884
73155,6347,959
73157,3268,044
73158,9998,137
73160,6508,237
74162,2738,332
74163,9388,423
74165,6558,502
74167,3588,565
75169,0458,626
75170,7098,689
76172,3548,756
76174,2178,834

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

Bangladesh

  • 1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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 Dominica; the database as a whole is cited above.