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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Switzerland	North Macedonia
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,258	2,006
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,296	2,017
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,332	2,026
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,384	2,011
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,438	2,018
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,488	2,024
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,532	2,028
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,579	2,031
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,647	2,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,738	2,038
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,825	2,042
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,884	2,046
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,959	2,049
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,044	2,052
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,137	2,055
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,237	2,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,332	2,061
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,423	2,063
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,502	2,065
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,565	2,067
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,626	2,068
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,689	2,065
Dec 31, 2021	295	8,756	2,057
Dec 31, 2022	295	8,834	2,048

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 Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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