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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Switzerland	North Korea
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,258	22,594
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,296	22,785
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,332	22,977
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,384	23,165
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,438	23,330
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,488	23,477
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,532	23,621
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,579	23,764
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,647	23,908
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,738	24,051
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,825	24,191
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,884	24,326
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,959	24,457
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,044	24,589
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,137	24,720
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,237	24,852
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,332	24,983
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,423	25,115
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,502	25,248
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,565	25,381
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,626	25,497
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,689	25,608
Dec 31, 2021	295	8,756	25,711
Dec 31, 2022	295	8,834	25,808

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

North Korea

1911-1940: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.
1990-2011: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.

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