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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Switzerland	Chile
Dec 31, 1999	277	7,258	15,140
Dec 31, 2000	281	7,296	15,340
Dec 31, 2001	285	7,332	15,513
Dec 31, 2002	288	7,384	15,686
Dec 31, 2003	289	7,438	15,859
Dec 31, 2004	293	7,488	16,029
Dec 31, 2005	296	7,532	16,222
Dec 31, 2006	304	7,579	16,364
Dec 31, 2007	311	7,647	16,536
Dec 31, 2008	319	7,738	16,700
Dec 31, 2009	319	7,825	16,864
Dec 31, 2010	318	7,884	16,999
Dec 31, 2011	319	7,959	17,189
Dec 31, 2012	321	8,044	17,378
Dec 31, 2013	324	8,137	17,545
Dec 31, 2014	327	8,237	17,720
Dec 31, 2015	331	8,332	17,904
Dec 31, 2016	335	8,423	18,099
Dec 31, 2017	343	8,502	18,350
Dec 31, 2018	353	8,565	18,681
Dec 31, 2019	361	8,626	19,035
Dec 31, 2020	366	8,689	19,385
Dec 31, 2021	372	8,756	19,604
Dec 31, 2022	380	8,834	19,715

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

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315