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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Switzerland	Venezuela
Dec 31, 1999	277	7,258	23,188
Dec 31, 2000	281	7,296	23,601
Dec 31, 2001	285	7,332	24,011
Dec 31, 2002	288	7,384	24,425
Dec 31, 2003	289	7,438	24,841
Dec 31, 2004	293	7,488	25,255
Dec 31, 2005	296	7,532	25,667
Dec 31, 2006	304	7,579	26,079
Dec 31, 2007	311	7,647	26,589
Dec 31, 2008	319	7,738	27,098
Dec 31, 2009	319	7,825	27,510
Dec 31, 2010	318	7,884	27,920
Dec 31, 2011	319	7,959	28,327
Dec 31, 2012	321	8,044	28,722
Dec 31, 2013	324	8,137	29,111
Dec 31, 2014	327	8,237	29,418
Dec 31, 2015	331	8,332	29,693
Dec 31, 2016	335	8,423	29,961
Dec 31, 2017	343	8,502	29,856
Dec 31, 2018	353	8,565	28,858
Dec 31, 2019	361	8,626	27,921
Dec 31, 2020	366	8,689	27,871
Dec 31, 2021	372	8,756	28,316
Dec 31, 2022	380	8,834	28,418

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

Venezuela

1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190