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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date IcelandSwitzerlandTrinidad & Tobago
2777,2581,301
2817,2961,303
2857,3321,308
2887,3841,314
2897,4381,320
2937,4881,326
2967,5321,332
3047,5791,338
3117,6471,344
3197,7381,352
3197,8251,359
3187,8841,365
3197,9591,372
3218,0441,379
3248,1371,386
3278,2371,392
3318,3321,399
3358,4231,405
3438,5021,411
3538,5651,436
3618,6261,452
3668,6891,448
3728,7561,450
3808,8341,456

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 Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.