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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	Belgium	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,258	10,227	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,296	10,252	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,332	10,288	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,384	10,334	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,438	10,377	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,488	10,422	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,532	10,480	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,579	10,549	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,647	10,627	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,738	10,711	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,825	10,797	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,884	10,897	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,959	11,039	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,044	11,108	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,137	11,160	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,237	11,210	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,332	11,275	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,423	11,332	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,502	11,376	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,565	11,429	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,626	11,491	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,689	11,546	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	8,756	11,594	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	8,834	11,695	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

Belgium

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
1500- 1846: Buyst, E. (2011), “Towards Estimates of Long Term Growth in the Southern Low Countries, ca.1500-1846”, Results presented at the Conference on Quantifying Long Run Economic Development, Venice, 22-24 March, 2011
1846-1913: J. Gadisseur, "Contribution à l'étude de la production agricole en Belgique de 1846 à 1913", Revue belge d'histoire contemporaine, vol. IV, 1-2, 1973,
1913-1950: C. Carbonnelle, "Recherches sur levolution de la production en Belgique de 1900à 1957", Cahiers Economiques de Bruxelles, no. 3, April 1959, p. 358.

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