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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	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,258	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,296	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,332	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,384	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,438	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,488	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,532	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,579	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,647	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,738	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,825	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,884	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,959	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,044	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,137	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,237	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,332	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,423	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,502	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,565	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,626	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,689	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	295	8,756	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	295	8,834	18,494

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