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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominica	Switzerland	Cambodia
Dec 31, 1999	70	7,258	12,122
Dec 31, 2000	71	7,296	12,317
Dec 31, 2001	71	7,332	12,504
Dec 31, 2002	72	7,384	12,691
Dec 31, 2003	72	7,438	12,881
Dec 31, 2004	72	7,488	13,076
Dec 31, 2005	72	7,532	13,276
Dec 31, 2006	72	7,579	13,461
Dec 31, 2007	72	7,647	13,630
Dec 31, 2008	73	7,738	13,808
Dec 31, 2009	73	7,825	13,990
Dec 31, 2010	73	7,884	14,162
Dec 31, 2011	73	7,959	14,322
Dec 31, 2012	73	8,044	14,480
Dec 31, 2013	73	8,137	14,637
Dec 31, 2014	73	8,237	14,793
Dec 31, 2015	74	8,332	14,994
Dec 31, 2016	74	8,423	15,238
Dec 31, 2017	74	8,502	15,480
Dec 31, 2018	74	8,565	15,717
Dec 31, 2019	75	8,626	15,944
Dec 31, 2020	75	8,689	16,149
Dec 31, 2021	76	8,756	16,338
Dec 31, 2022	76	8,834	16,514

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 Dominica, Cambodia; the database as a whole is cited above.