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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	Switzerland	Albania	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,258	3,085	78
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,296	3,065	79
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,332	3,047	80
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,384	3,038	81
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,438	3,026	82
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,488	3,014	83
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,532	2,998	84
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,579	2,979	85
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,647	2,957	86
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,738	2,934	87
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,825	2,915	87
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,884	2,900	88
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,959	2,892	89
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,044	2,888	90
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,137	2,882	91
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,237	2,876	92
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,332	2,868	92
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,423	2,863	93
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,502	2,861	94
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,565	2,854	95
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,626	2,842	96
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,689	2,825	97
Dec 31, 2021	295	8,756	2,799	98
Dec 31, 2022	295	8,834	2,787	98

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

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