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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Niger	Switzerland
Dec 31, 1999	10,424	7,258
Dec 31, 2000	10,785	7,296
Dec 31, 2001	11,170	7,332
Dec 31, 2002	11,580	7,384
Dec 31, 2003	12,015	7,438
Dec 31, 2004	12,472	7,488
Dec 31, 2005	12,954	7,532
Dec 31, 2006	13,459	7,579
Dec 31, 2007	13,986	7,647
Dec 31, 2008	14,532	7,738
Dec 31, 2009	15,092	7,825
Dec 31, 2010	15,669	7,884
Dec 31, 2011	16,263	7,959
Dec 31, 2012	16,903	8,044
Dec 31, 2013	17,569	8,137
Dec 31, 2014	18,242	8,237
Dec 31, 2015	18,957	8,332
Dec 31, 2016	19,708	8,423
Dec 31, 2017	20,462	8,502
Dec 31, 2018	21,228	8,565
Dec 31, 2019	22,023	8,626
Dec 31, 2020	22,842	8,689
Dec 31, 2021	23,691	8,756
Dec 31, 2022	24,587	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 Niger; the database as a whole is cited above.