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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	Burkina Faso	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,258	11,075	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,296	11,405	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,332	11,828	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,384	12,380	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,438	12,829	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,488	13,178	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,532	13,540	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,579	13,917	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,647	14,309	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,738	14,722	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,825	15,152	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,884	15,600	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,959	16,064	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,044	16,563	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,137	17,072	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,237	17,575	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,332	18,094	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,423	18,621	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,502	19,157	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,565	19,698	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,626	20,242	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,689	20,788	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	295	8,756	21,336	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	295	8,834	21,889	6,910

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, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.