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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominica	Switzerland	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	70	7,258	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	71	7,296	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	71	7,332	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	72	7,384	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	72	7,438	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	72	7,488	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	72	7,532	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	72	7,579	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	72	7,647	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	73	7,738	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	73	7,825	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	73	7,884	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	73	7,959	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	73	8,044	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	73	8,137	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	73	8,237	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	74	8,332	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	74	8,423	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	74	8,502	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	74	8,565	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	75	8,626	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	75	8,689	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	76	8,756	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	76	8,834	3,696

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