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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominica	Switzerland	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	70	7,258	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	71	7,296	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	71	7,332	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	72	7,384	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	72	7,438	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	72	7,488	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	72	7,532	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	72	7,579	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	72	7,647	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	73	7,738	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	73	7,825	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	73	7,884	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	73	7,959	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	73	8,044	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	73	8,137	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	73	8,237	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	74	8,332	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	74	8,423	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	74	8,502	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	74	8,565	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	75	8,626	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	75	8,689	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	76	8,756	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	76	8,834	7,432

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