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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	Philippines	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,258	79,346	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,296	81,131	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,332	83,023	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,384	84,876	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,438	86,697	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,488	88,568	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,532	90,418	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,579	92,253	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,647	94,098	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,738	95,923	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,825	97,627	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,884	99,317	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,959	100,999	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,044	102,618	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,137	104,299	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,237	106,076	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,332	107,868	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,423	109,493	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,502	111,094	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,565	112,843	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,626	114,636	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,689	117,026	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	8,756	119,473	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	8,834	121,234	530

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

Philippines

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

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