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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	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,258	2,348	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,296	2,403	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,332	2,457	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,384	2,510	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,438	2,562	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,488	2,613	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,532	2,663	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,579	2,713	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,647	2,764	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,738	2,816	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,825	2,871	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,884	2,928	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,959	2,986	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,044	3,047	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,137	3,110	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,237	3,174	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,332	3,240	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,423	3,307	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,502	3,375	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,565	3,444	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,626	3,512	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,689	3,582	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	295	8,756	3,651	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	295	8,834	3,696	23,796

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, Oman, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.