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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Dominican RepublicSwitzerlandTrinidad & Tobago
8,1757,2581,301
8,3017,2961,303
8,4277,3321,308
8,5537,3841,314
8,6787,4381,320
8,8017,4881,326
8,9247,5321,332
9,0447,5791,338
9,1647,6471,344
9,2817,7381,352
9,3987,8251,359
9,5127,8841,365
9,6277,9591,372
9,7428,0441,379
9,8558,1371,386
9,9658,2371,392
10,0728,3321,399
10,1778,4231,405
10,2818,5021,411
10,3858,5651,436
10,4878,6261,452
10,5878,6891,448
10,6868,7561,450
10,7938,8341,456

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 Dominican Republic, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.