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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	Moldova	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,258	4,244	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,296	4,199	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,332	4,154	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,384	4,108	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,438	4,059	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,488	4,013	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,532	3,966	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,579	3,919	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,647	3,873	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,738	3,829	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,825	3,788	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,884	3,748	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,959	3,709	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,044	3,671	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,137	3,633	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,237	3,595	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,332	3,558	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,423	3,522	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,502	3,485	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,565	3,448	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,626	3,412	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,689	3,376	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	8,756	3,339	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	8,834	3,570	167

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

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