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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 TunisiaSwitzerlandTrinidad & Tobago
9,4177,2581,301
9,5147,2961,303
9,6137,3321,308
9,7117,3841,314
9,8107,4381,320
9,9067,4881,326
9,9977,5321,332
10,0877,5791,338
10,1787,6471,344
10,2747,7381,352
10,3777,8251,359
10,4917,8841,365
10,6127,9591,372
10,7378,0441,379
10,8668,1371,386
10,9968,2371,392
11,1248,3321,399
11,2488,4231,405
11,3658,5021,411
11,4778,5651,436
11,5838,6261,452
11,6818,6891,448
11,7728,7561,450
11,8628,8341,456

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, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.