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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	Romania	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,258	22,414	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,296	22,262	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,332	22,106	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,384	21,931	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,438	21,828	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,488	21,704	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,532	21,571	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,579	21,443	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,647	21,129	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,738	20,779	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,825	20,607	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,884	20,485	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,959	20,385	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,044	20,296	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,137	20,224	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,237	20,151	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,332	20,055	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,423	19,938	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,502	19,823	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,565	19,713	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,626	19,622	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,689	19,496	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	295	8,756	19,351	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	295	8,834	19,266	7,387

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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.