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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Iceland	Switzerland
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	277	7,258
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	281	7,296
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	285	7,332
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	288	7,384
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	289	7,438
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	293	7,488
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	296	7,532
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	304	7,579
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	311	7,647
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	319	7,738
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	319	7,825
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	318	7,884
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	319	7,959
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	321	8,044
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	324	8,137
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	327	8,237
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	331	8,332
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	335	8,423
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	343	8,502
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	353	8,565
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	361	8,626
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	366	8,689
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	372	8,756
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	380	8,834

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

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.

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, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.