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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Switzerland	Kyrgyzstan
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,258	4,773
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,296	4,826
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,332	4,865
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,384	4,901
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,438	4,946
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,488	4,999
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,532	5,048
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,579	5,096
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,647	5,137
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,738	5,180
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,825	5,238
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,884	5,289
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,959	5,328
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,044	5,373
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,137	5,423
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,237	5,478
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,332	5,537
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,423	5,598
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,502	5,658
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,565	5,717
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,626	5,774
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,689	5,830
Dec 31, 2021	295	8,756	5,884
Dec 31, 2022	295	8,834	5,976

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