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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	Burkina Faso	Switzerland	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	7,258	277
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	7,296	281
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	7,332	285
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	7,384	288
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	7,438	289
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	7,488	293
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	7,532	296
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	7,579	304
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	7,647	311
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	7,738	319
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	7,825	319
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	7,884	318
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	7,959	319
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	8,044	321
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	8,137	324
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	8,237	327
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	8,332	331
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	8,423	335
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	8,502	343
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	8,565	353
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	8,626	361
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	8,689	366
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	8,756	372
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	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.

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

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.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.