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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 LuxembourgSwitzerlandOman
4337,2582,348
4387,2962,403
4437,3322,457
4487,3842,510
4547,4382,562
4607,4882,613
4677,5322,663
4747,5792,713
4827,6472,764
4917,7382,816
5007,8252,871
5097,8842,928
5217,9592,986
5338,0443,047
5478,1373,110
5608,2373,174
5718,3323,240
5868,4233,307
5998,5023,375
6108,5653,444
6238,6263,512
6338,6893,582
6438,7563,651
6518,8343,696

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