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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	Laos	Switzerland
Dec 31, 1999	433	5,286	7,258
Dec 31, 2000	438	5,397	7,296
Dec 31, 2001	443	5,499	7,332
Dec 31, 2002	448	5,578	7,384
Dec 31, 2003	454	5,654	7,438
Dec 31, 2004	460	5,746	7,488
Dec 31, 2005	467	5,836	7,532
Dec 31, 2006	474	5,931	7,579
Dec 31, 2007	482	6,035	7,647
Dec 31, 2008	491	6,145	7,738
Dec 31, 2009	500	6,257	7,825
Dec 31, 2010	509	6,368	7,884
Dec 31, 2011	521	6,477	7,959
Dec 31, 2012	533	6,586	8,044
Dec 31, 2013	547	6,695	8,137
Dec 31, 2014	560	6,804	8,237
Dec 31, 2015	571	6,912	8,332
Dec 31, 2016	586	7,019	8,423
Dec 31, 2017	599	7,127	8,502
Dec 31, 2018	610	7,234	8,565
Dec 31, 2019	623	7,343	8,626
Dec 31, 2020	633	7,452	8,689
Dec 31, 2021	643	7,560	8,756
Dec 31, 2022	651	7,666	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

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