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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	Czechia
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,258	10,230
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,296	10,220
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,332	10,172
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,384	10,148
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,438	10,149
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,488	10,154
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,532	10,182
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,579	10,214
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,647	10,270
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,738	10,376
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,825	10,438
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,884	10,463
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,959	10,443
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,044	10,455
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,137	10,457
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,237	10,471
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,332	10,489
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,423	10,511
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,502	10,535
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,565	10,572
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,626	10,615
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,689	10,645
Dec 31, 2021	295	8,756	10,642
Dec 31, 2022	295	8,834	10,635

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, Czechia; the database as a whole is cited above.