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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	Oman	Colombia
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,258	2,348	38,365
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,296	2,403	38,911
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,332	2,457	39,411
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,384	2,510	39,918
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,438	2,562	40,416
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,488	2,613	40,899
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,532	2,663	41,374
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,579	2,713	41,862
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,647	2,764	42,324
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,738	2,816	42,781
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,825	2,871	43,264
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,884	2,928	43,771
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,959	2,986	44,225
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,044	3,047	44,660
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,137	3,110	45,081
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,237	3,174	45,846
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,332	3,240	46,290
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,423	3,307	46,796
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,502	3,375	47,385
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,565	3,444	48,222
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,626	3,512	49,326
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,689	3,582	50,283
Dec 31, 2021	295	8,756	3,651	50,978
Dec 31, 2022	295	8,834	3,696	51,332

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

Colombia

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1870 - 1923: Bertola, L and Ocampo, J.A. (2012) The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford, Oxford U.P.
1929 - 1950: CEPAL, Series Historicas del Crecimiento de America Latina, Santiago, 1978

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