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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	Switzerland	Oman	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	277	7,258	2,348	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	281	7,296	2,403	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	285	7,332	2,457	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	288	7,384	2,510	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	289	7,438	2,562	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	293	7,488	2,613	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	296	7,532	2,663	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	304	7,579	2,713	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	311	7,647	2,764	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	319	7,738	2,816	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	319	7,825	2,871	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	318	7,884	2,928	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	319	7,959	2,986	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	321	8,044	3,047	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	324	8,137	3,110	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	327	8,237	3,174	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	331	8,332	3,240	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	335	8,423	3,307	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	343	8,502	3,375	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	353	8,565	3,444	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	361	8,626	3,512	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	366	8,689	3,582	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	372	8,756	3,651	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	380	8,834	3,696	83,811

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.

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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

No separate list is published for Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.