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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Switzerland	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	7,258	277
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	7,296	281
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	7,332	285
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	7,384	288
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	7,438	289
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	7,488	293
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	7,532	296
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	7,579	304
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	7,647	311
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	7,738	319
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	7,825	319
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	7,884	318
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	7,959	319
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	8,044	321
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	8,137	324
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	8,237	327
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	8,332	331
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	8,423	335
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	8,502	343
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	8,565	353
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	8,626	361
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	8,689	366
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	8,756	372
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	8,834	380

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

Zambia

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.