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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	Liberia
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,258	2,348	2,741
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,296	2,403	2,847
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,332	2,457	2,917
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,384	2,510	2,978
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,438	2,562	2,983
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,488	2,613	3,005
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,532	2,663	3,138
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,579	2,713	3,311
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,647	2,764	3,469
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,738	2,816	3,603
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,825	2,871	3,708
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,884	2,928	3,817
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,959	2,986	3,984
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,044	3,047	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,137	3,110	4,244
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,237	3,174	4,348
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,332	3,240	4,460
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,423	3,307	4,576
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,502	3,375	4,689
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,565	3,444	4,810
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,626	3,512	4,904
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,689	3,582	5,005
Dec 31, 2021	295	8,756	3,651	5,109
Dec 31, 2022	295	8,834	3,696	5,216

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

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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