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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	Morocco
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,258	28,400
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,296	28,744
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,332	29,094
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,384	29,447
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,438	29,806
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,488	30,169
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,532	30,552
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,579	30,953
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,647	31,354
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,738	31,754
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,825	32,154
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,884	32,553
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,959	32,951
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,044	33,346
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,137	33,737
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,237	34,124
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,332	34,511
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,423	34,898
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,502	35,279
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,565	35,653
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,626	36,018
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,689	36,375
Dec 31, 2021	295	8,756	36,723
Dec 31, 2022	295	8,834	37,101

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