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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	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,258	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,296	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,332	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,384	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,438	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,488	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,532	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,579	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,647	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,738	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,825	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,884	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,959	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,044	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,137	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,237	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,332	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,423	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,502	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,565	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,626	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,689	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	295	8,756	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	295	8,834	6,291

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

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