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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	Dominica	Congo - Kinshasa	Switzerland
Dec 31, 1999	277	70	51,181	7,258
Dec 31, 2000	281	71	52,782	7,296
Dec 31, 2001	285	71	54,453	7,332
Dec 31, 2002	288	72	56,170	7,384
Dec 31, 2003	289	72	57,860	7,438
Dec 31, 2004	293	72	59,599	7,488
Dec 31, 2005	296	72	61,474	7,532
Dec 31, 2006	304	72	63,479	7,579
Dec 31, 2007	311	72	65,590	7,647
Dec 31, 2008	319	73	67,800	7,738
Dec 31, 2009	319	73	70,114	7,825
Dec 31, 2010	318	73	72,550	7,884
Dec 31, 2011	319	73	75,138	7,959
Dec 31, 2012	321	73	77,792	8,044
Dec 31, 2013	324	73	80,534	8,137
Dec 31, 2014	327	73	83,368	8,237
Dec 31, 2015	331	74	86,229	8,332
Dec 31, 2016	335	74	89,193	8,423
Dec 31, 2017	343	74	92,209	8,502
Dec 31, 2018	353	74	95,232	8,565
Dec 31, 2019	361	75	98,320	8,626
Dec 31, 2020	366	75	101,499	8,689
Dec 31, 2021	372	76	104,767	8,756
Dec 31, 2022	380	76	108,171	8,834

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

No separate list is published for Dominica, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.