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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Switzerland	Tanzania
Dec 31, 1999	277	7,258	32,912
Dec 31, 2000	281	7,296	33,953
Dec 31, 2001	285	7,332	34,974
Dec 31, 2002	288	7,384	36,021
Dec 31, 2003	289	7,438	37,100
Dec 31, 2004	293	7,488	38,167
Dec 31, 2005	296	7,532	39,262
Dec 31, 2006	304	7,579	40,387
Dec 31, 2007	311	7,647	41,557
Dec 31, 2008	319	7,738	42,741
Dec 31, 2009	319	7,825	43,889
Dec 31, 2010	318	7,884	45,132
Dec 31, 2011	319	7,959	46,531
Dec 31, 2012	321	8,044	47,965
Dec 31, 2013	324	8,137	49,437
Dec 31, 2014	327	8,237	50,965
Dec 31, 2015	331	8,332	52,604
Dec 31, 2016	335	8,423	54,336
Dec 31, 2017	343	8,502	56,062
Dec 31, 2018	353	8,565	57,765
Dec 31, 2019	361	8,626	59,465
Dec 31, 2020	366	8,689	61,191
Dec 31, 2021	372	8,756	62,944
Dec 31, 2022	380	8,834	64,835

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 Tanzania; the database as a whole is cited above.