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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 TunisiaSwitzerlandSt. Lucia
9,4177,258152
9,5147,296153
9,6137,332154
9,7117,384155
9,8107,438156
9,9067,488157
9,9977,532157
10,0877,579158
10,1787,647159
10,2747,738160
10,3777,825160
10,4917,884161
10,6127,959162
10,7378,044162
10,8668,137163
10,9968,237163
11,1248,332164
11,2488,423164
11,3658,502165
11,4778,565166
11,5838,626166
11,6818,689167
11,7728,756167
11,8628,834167

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 Tunisia, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.