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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	Norway	Switzerland
Dec 31, 1999	277	4,463	7,258
Dec 31, 2000	281	4,492	7,296
Dec 31, 2001	285	4,515	7,332
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,539	7,384
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,566	7,438
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,593	7,488
Dec 31, 2005	296	4,624	7,532
Dec 31, 2006	304	4,662	7,579
Dec 31, 2007	311	4,710	7,647
Dec 31, 2008	319	4,769	7,738
Dec 31, 2009	319	4,830	7,825
Dec 31, 2010	318	4,890	7,884
Dec 31, 2011	319	4,954	7,959
Dec 31, 2012	321	5,020	8,044
Dec 31, 2013	324	5,081	8,137
Dec 31, 2014	327	5,138	8,237
Dec 31, 2015	331	5,191	8,332
Dec 31, 2016	335	5,237	8,423
Dec 31, 2017	343	5,278	8,502
Dec 31, 2018	353	5,313	8,565
Dec 31, 2019	361	5,349	8,626
Dec 31, 2020	366	5,380	8,689
Dec 31, 2021	372	5,409	8,756
Dec 31, 2022	380	5,458	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.

Norway

1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

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