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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 IcelandUnited Arab EmiratesSwitzerland
2773,1017,258
2813,2847,296
2853,4587,332
2883,6137,384
2893,7547,438
2933,8827,488
2964,0007,532
3044,5327,579
3115,6237,647
3197,2777,738
3198,1647,825
3188,1527,884
3198,4387,959
3218,7478,044
3249,0778,137
3279,3218,237
3319,4618,332
3359,5878,423
3439,6998,502
3539,7968,565
3619,8798,626
3669,9538,689
37210,0188,756
38010,0998,834

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

Iceland

  • 1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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 United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.