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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	Luxembourg	Switzerland	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	433	7,258	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	438	7,296	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	443	7,332	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	448	7,384	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	454	7,438	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	460	7,488	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	467	7,532	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	474	7,579	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	482	7,647	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	491	7,738	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	500	7,825	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	509	7,884	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	521	7,959	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	533	8,044	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	547	8,137	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	560	8,237	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	571	8,332	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	586	8,423	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	599	8,502	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	610	8,565	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	623	8,626	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	633	8,689	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	643	8,756	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	651	8,834	1,330

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, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.