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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Belgium	Romania	Switzerland
Dec 31, 1999	277	10,227	22,414	7,258
Dec 31, 2000	281	10,252	22,262	7,296
Dec 31, 2001	285	10,288	22,106	7,332
Dec 31, 2002	288	10,334	21,931	7,384
Dec 31, 2003	289	10,377	21,828	7,438
Dec 31, 2004	293	10,422	21,704	7,488
Dec 31, 2005	296	10,480	21,571	7,532
Dec 31, 2006	304	10,549	21,443	7,579
Dec 31, 2007	311	10,627	21,129	7,647
Dec 31, 2008	319	10,711	20,779	7,738
Dec 31, 2009	319	10,797	20,607	7,825
Dec 31, 2010	318	10,897	20,485	7,884
Dec 31, 2011	319	11,039	20,385	7,959
Dec 31, 2012	321	11,108	20,296	8,044
Dec 31, 2013	324	11,160	20,224	8,137
Dec 31, 2014	327	11,210	20,151	8,237
Dec 31, 2015	331	11,275	20,055	8,332
Dec 31, 2016	335	11,332	19,938	8,423
Dec 31, 2017	343	11,376	19,823	8,502
Dec 31, 2018	353	11,429	19,713	8,565
Dec 31, 2019	361	11,491	19,622	8,626
Dec 31, 2020	366	11,546	19,496	8,689
Dec 31, 2021	372	11,594	19,351	8,756
Dec 31, 2022	380	11,695	19,266	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.

All data sources

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.

Belgium

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
1500- 1846: Buyst, E. (2011), “Towards Estimates of Long Term Growth in the Southern Low Countries, ca.1500-1846”, Results presented at the Conference on Quantifying Long Run Economic Development, Venice, 22-24 March, 2011
1846-1913: J. Gadisseur, "Contribution à l'étude de la production agricole en Belgique de 1846 à 1913", Revue belge d'histoire contemporaine, vol. IV, 1-2, 1973,
1913-1950: C. Carbonnelle, "Recherches sur levolution de la production en Belgique de 1900à 1957", Cahiers Economiques de Bruxelles, no. 3, April 1959, p. 358.

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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