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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,258	51,181	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,296	52,782	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,332	54,453	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,384	56,170	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,438	57,860	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,488	59,599	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,532	61,474	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,579	63,479	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,647	65,590	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,738	67,800	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,825	70,114	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,884	72,550	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,959	75,138	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,044	77,792	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,137	80,534	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,237	83,368	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,332	86,229	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,423	89,193	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,502	92,209	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,565	95,232	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,626	98,320	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,689	101,499	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	8,756	104,767	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	8,834	108,171	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

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