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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	Paraguay	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,258	5,366	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,296	5,473	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,332	5,579	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,384	5,683	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,438	5,786	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,488	5,886	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,532	5,984	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,579	6,080	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,647	6,173	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,738	6,264	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,825	6,352	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,884	6,438	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,959	6,522	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,044	6,605	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,137	6,688	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,237	6,769	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,332	6,850	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,423	6,930	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,502	7,012	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,565	7,095	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,626	7,179	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,689	7,263	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	8,756	7,348	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	8,834	7,432	651

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, Paraguay, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.