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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Ghana	Switzerland
Dec 31, 1999	277	19,327	7,258
Dec 31, 2000	281	19,792	7,296
Dec 31, 2001	285	20,280	7,332
Dec 31, 2002	288	20,806	7,384
Dec 31, 2003	289	21,350	7,438
Dec 31, 2004	293	21,900	7,488
Dec 31, 2005	296	22,469	7,532
Dec 31, 2006	304	23,058	7,579
Dec 31, 2007	311	23,661	7,647
Dec 31, 2008	319	24,270	7,738
Dec 31, 2009	319	24,899	7,825
Dec 31, 2010	318	25,559	7,884
Dec 31, 2011	319	26,244	7,959
Dec 31, 2012	321	26,945	8,044
Dec 31, 2013	324	27,664	8,137
Dec 31, 2014	327	28,405	8,237
Dec 31, 2015	331	29,146	8,332
Dec 31, 2016	335	29,879	8,423
Dec 31, 2017	343	30,617	8,502
Dec 31, 2018	353	31,362	8,565
Dec 31, 2019	361	32,111	8,626
Dec 31, 2020	366	32,864	8,689
Dec 31, 2021	372	33,622	8,756
Dec 31, 2022	380	34,280	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.

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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.

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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