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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 NigerSwitzerlandOman
10,4247,2582,348
10,7857,2962,403
11,1707,3322,457
11,5807,3842,510
12,0157,4382,562
12,4727,4882,613
12,9547,5322,663
13,4597,5792,713
13,9867,6472,764
14,5327,7382,816
15,0927,8252,871
15,6697,8842,928
16,2637,9592,986
16,9038,0443,047
17,5698,1373,110
18,2428,2373,174
18,9578,3323,240
19,7088,4233,307
20,4628,5023,375
21,2288,5653,444
22,0238,6263,512
22,8428,6893,582
23,6918,7563,651
24,5878,8343,696

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