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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	Ecuador	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,258	12,268	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,296	12,446	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,332	12,629	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,384	12,827	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,438	13,074	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,488	13,368	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,532	13,661	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,579	13,915	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,647	14,133	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,738	14,352	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,825	14,569	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,884	14,786	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,959	15,002	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,044	15,218	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,137	15,433	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,237	15,647	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,332	15,860	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,423	16,072	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,502	16,282	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,565	16,489	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,626	16,693	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,689	16,894	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	8,756	17,093	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	8,834	17,288	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

Ecuador

1833-1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

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