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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominica	Hong Kong SAR China	Switzerland
Dec 31, 1999	70	6,587	7,258
Dec 31, 2000	71	6,646	7,296
Dec 31, 2001	71	6,695	7,332
Dec 31, 2002	72	6,725	7,384
Dec 31, 2003	72	6,712	7,438
Dec 31, 2004	72	6,765	7,488
Dec 31, 2005	72	6,794	7,532
Dec 31, 2006	72	6,838	7,579
Dec 31, 2007	72	6,897	7,647
Dec 31, 2008	73	6,938	7,738
Dec 31, 2009	73	6,953	7,825
Dec 31, 2010	73	7,004	7,884
Dec 31, 2011	73	7,052	7,959
Dec 31, 2012	73	7,130	8,044
Dec 31, 2013	73	7,159	8,137
Dec 31, 2014	73	7,209	8,237
Dec 31, 2015	74	7,271	8,332
Dec 31, 2016	74	7,316	8,423
Dec 31, 2017	74	7,372	8,502
Dec 31, 2018	74	7,432	8,565
Dec 31, 2019	75	7,487	8,626
Dec 31, 2020	75	7,460	8,689
Dec 31, 2021	76	7,392	8,756
Dec 31, 2022	76	7,387	8,834

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.

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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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.