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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominica	Switzerland	Palestinian Territories
Dec 31, 1999	70	7,258	2,996
Dec 31, 2000	71	7,296	3,075
Dec 31, 2001	71	7,332	3,155
Dec 31, 2002	72	7,384	3,235
Dec 31, 2003	72	7,438	3,315
Dec 31, 2004	72	7,488	3,396
Dec 31, 2005	72	7,532	3,478
Dec 31, 2006	72	7,579	3,559
Dec 31, 2007	72	7,647	3,642
Dec 31, 2008	73	7,738	3,727
Dec 31, 2009	73	7,825	3,817
Dec 31, 2010	73	7,884	3,907
Dec 31, 2011	73	7,959	3,997
Dec 31, 2012	73	8,044	4,088
Dec 31, 2013	73	8,137	4,178
Dec 31, 2014	73	8,237	4,269
Dec 31, 2015	74	8,332	4,359
Dec 31, 2016	74	8,423	4,451
Dec 31, 2017	74	8,502	4,533
Dec 31, 2018	74	8,565	4,615
Dec 31, 2019	75	8,626	4,715
Dec 31, 2020	75	8,689	4,820
Dec 31, 2021	76	8,756	4,930
Dec 31, 2022	76	8,834	5,042

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, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.