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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	Dominican Republic
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,258	8,175
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,296	8,301
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,332	8,427
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,384	8,553
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,438	8,678
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,488	8,801
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,532	8,924
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,579	9,044
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,647	9,164
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,738	9,281
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,825	9,398
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,884	9,512
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,959	9,627
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,044	9,742
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,137	9,855
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,237	9,965
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,332	10,072
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,423	10,177
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,502	10,281
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,565	10,385
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,626	10,487
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,689	10,587
Dec 31, 2021	295	8,756	10,686
Dec 31, 2022	295	8,834	10,793

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, Dominican Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.