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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 Puerto RicoSwitzerlandBosnia & Herzegovina
3,8007,2583,811
3,8117,2963,901
3,8197,3323,919
3,8247,3843,923
3,8267,4383,940
3,8277,4883,975
3,8227,5323,991
3,8057,5793,993
3,7837,6473,990
3,7617,7383,987
3,7417,8253,985
3,7227,8843,983
3,6797,9593,980
3,6368,0443,977
3,5898,1373,973
3,5348,2373,968
3,4738,3323,963
3,4118,4233,957
3,3528,5023,951
3,2958,5653,944
3,2688,6263,937
3,2478,6893,929
3,2328,7563,921
3,2288,8343,876

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.