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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date DominicaCongo - KinshasaOmanSwitzerland
7051,1812,3487,258
7152,7822,4037,296
7154,4532,4577,332
7256,1702,5107,384
7257,8602,5627,438
7259,5992,6137,488
7261,4742,6637,532
7263,4792,7137,579
7265,5902,7647,647
7367,8002,8167,738
7370,1142,8717,825
7372,5502,9287,884
7375,1382,9867,959
7377,7923,0478,044
7380,5343,1108,137
7383,3683,1748,237
7486,2293,2408,332
7489,1933,3078,423
7492,2093,3758,502
7495,2323,4448,565
7598,3203,5128,626
75101,4993,5828,689
76104,7673,6518,756
76108,1713,6968,834

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.

All data sources

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 Dominica, Congo - Kinshasa, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.