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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Switzerland	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,258	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,296	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,332	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,384	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,438	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,488	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,532	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,579	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,647	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,738	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,825	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,884	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,959	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,044	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,137	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,237	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,332	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,423	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,502	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,565	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,626	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,689	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	295	8,756	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	295	8,834	217,718

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.

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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

Brazil

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1850–1899: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350
1900-1950: A. Maddison and Associates, The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: Brazil and Mexico, Oxford University Press, New York 1992;

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