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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	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,258	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,296	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,332	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,384	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,438	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,488	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,532	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,579	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,647	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,738	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,825	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,884	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,959	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,044	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,137	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,237	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,332	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,423	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,502	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,565	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,626	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,689	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	295	8,756	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	295	8,834	3,228

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.

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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, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.