Population, long-run history: compare countries
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Population, long-run history by country
Population, long-run history
Annual, Persons, thousands
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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
| Date | Iceland | Switzerland | Hong Kong SAR China |
|---|---|---|---|
| 277 | 7,258 | 6,587 | |
| 281 | 7,296 | 6,646 | |
| 285 | 7,332 | 6,695 | |
| 288 | 7,384 | 6,725 | |
| 289 | 7,438 | 6,712 | |
| 293 | 7,488 | 6,765 | |
| 296 | 7,532 | 6,794 | |
| 304 | 7,579 | 6,838 | |
| 311 | 7,647 | 6,897 | |
| 319 | 7,738 | 6,938 | |
| 319 | 7,825 | 6,953 | |
| 318 | 7,884 | 7,004 | |
| 319 | 7,959 | 7,052 | |
| 321 | 8,044 | 7,130 | |
| 324 | 8,137 | 7,159 | |
| 327 | 8,237 | 7,209 | |
| 331 | 8,332 | 7,271 | |
| 335 | 8,423 | 7,316 | |
| 343 | 8,502 | 7,372 | |
| 353 | 8,565 | 7,432 | |
| 361 | 8,626 | 7,487 | |
| 366 | 8,689 | 7,460 | |
| 372 | 8,756 | 7,392 | |
| 380 | 8,834 | 7,387 |
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.
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 Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.