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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	Bangladesh	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,258	132,907	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,296	135,207	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,332	137,420	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,384	139,573	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,438	141,650	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,488	143,644	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,532	145,546	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,579	147,376	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,647	149,047	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,738	150,562	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,825	152,189	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,884	153,927	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,959	155,634	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,044	157,326	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,137	158,999	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,237	160,650	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,332	162,273	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,423	163,938	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,502	165,655	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,565	167,358	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,626	169,045	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,689	170,709	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	8,756	172,354	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	8,834	174,217	530

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

Bangladesh

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

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