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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date LuxembourgSwitzerlandBangladesh
4337,258132,907
4387,296135,207
4437,332137,420
4487,384139,573
4547,438141,650
4607,488143,644
4677,532145,546
4747,579147,376
4827,647149,047
4917,738150,562
5007,825152,189
5097,884153,927
5217,959155,634
5338,044157,326
5478,137158,999
5608,237160,650
5718,332162,273
5868,423163,938
5998,502165,655
6108,565167,358
6238,626169,045
6338,689170,709
6438,756172,354
6518,834174,217

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

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

Bangladesh

  • 1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.