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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Switzerland	Dominica
Dec 31, 1999	277	7,258	70
Dec 31, 2000	281	7,296	71
Dec 31, 2001	285	7,332	71
Dec 31, 2002	288	7,384	72
Dec 31, 2003	289	7,438	72
Dec 31, 2004	293	7,488	72
Dec 31, 2005	296	7,532	72
Dec 31, 2006	304	7,579	72
Dec 31, 2007	311	7,647	72
Dec 31, 2008	319	7,738	73
Dec 31, 2009	319	7,825	73
Dec 31, 2010	318	7,884	73
Dec 31, 2011	319	7,959	73
Dec 31, 2012	321	8,044	73
Dec 31, 2013	324	8,137	73
Dec 31, 2014	327	8,237	73
Dec 31, 2015	331	8,332	74
Dec 31, 2016	335	8,423	74
Dec 31, 2017	343	8,502	74
Dec 31, 2018	353	8,565	74
Dec 31, 2019	361	8,626	75
Dec 31, 2020	366	8,689	75
Dec 31, 2021	372	8,756	76
Dec 31, 2022	380	8,834	76

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 Dominica; the database as a whole is cited above.