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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	Norway
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,258	2,348	4,463
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,296	2,403	4,492
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,332	2,457	4,515
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,384	2,510	4,539
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,438	2,562	4,566
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,488	2,613	4,593
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,532	2,663	4,624
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,579	2,713	4,662
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,647	2,764	4,710
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,738	2,816	4,769
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,825	2,871	4,830
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,884	2,928	4,890
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,959	2,986	4,954
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,044	3,047	5,020
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,137	3,110	5,081
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,237	3,174	5,138
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,332	3,240	5,191
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,423	3,307	5,237
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,502	3,375	5,278
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,565	3,444	5,313
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,626	3,512	5,349
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,689	3,582	5,380
Dec 31, 2021	295	8,756	3,651	5,409
Dec 31, 2022	295	8,834	3,696	5,458

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

Norway

1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

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