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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	Gabon
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,258	1,143
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,296	1,179
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,332	1,207
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,384	1,234
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,438	1,262
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,488	1,297
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,532	1,340
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,579	1,384
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,647	1,434
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,738	1,487
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,825	1,542
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,884	1,600
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,959	1,656
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,044	1,714
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,137	1,778
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,237	1,843
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,332	1,905
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,423	1,966
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,502	2,025
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,565	2,083
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,626	2,139
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,689	2,193
Dec 31, 2021	295	8,756	2,246
Dec 31, 2022	295	8,834	2,292

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