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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Luxembourg	Switzerland	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	433	7,258	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	438	7,296	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	443	7,332	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	448	7,384	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	454	7,438	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	460	7,488	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	467	7,532	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	474	7,579	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	482	7,647	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	491	7,738	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	500	7,825	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	509	7,884	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	521	7,959	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	533	8,044	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	547	8,137	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	560	8,237	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	571	8,332	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	586	8,423	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	599	8,502	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	610	8,565	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	623	8,626	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	633	8,689	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	643	8,756	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	651	8,834	6,291

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

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