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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	Denmark	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,258	5,322	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,296	5,339	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,332	5,358	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,384	5,377	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,438	5,391	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,488	5,404	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,532	5,420	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,579	5,438	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,647	5,461	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,738	5,494	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,825	5,524	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,884	5,548	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,959	5,571	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,044	5,592	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,137	5,614	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,237	5,644	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,332	5,683	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,423	5,730	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,502	5,766	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,565	5,795	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,626	5,818	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,689	5,831	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	8,756	5,855	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	8,834	5,907	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, Denmark, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.