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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Bangladesh	Switzerland	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	7,258	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	7,296	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	7,332	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	7,384	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	7,438	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	7,488	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	7,532	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	7,579	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	7,647	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	7,738	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	7,825	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	7,884	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	7,959	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	8,044	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	8,137	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	8,237	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	8,332	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	8,423	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	8,502	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	8,565	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	8,626	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	8,689	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	8,756	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	8,834	2,559

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.

All data sources

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

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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 Barbados, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.