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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	Côte d’Ivoire
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,258	17,106
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,296	17,552
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,332	18,010
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,384	18,438
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,438	18,895
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,488	19,432
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,532	19,968
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,579	20,512
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,647	21,097
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,738	21,699
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,825	22,285
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,884	22,845
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,959	23,343
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,044	23,879
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,137	24,492
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,237	25,104
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,332	25,719
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,423	26,348
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,502	26,984
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,565	27,614
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,626	28,252
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,689	28,895
Dec 31, 2021	295	8,756	29,546
Dec 31, 2022	295	8,834	30,279

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, Côte d’Ivoire; the database as a whole is cited above.