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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	Jordan
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,258	22,414	4,591
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,296	22,262	4,700
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,332	22,106	4,811
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,384	21,931	4,923
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,438	21,828	5,037
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,488	21,704	5,161
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,532	21,571	5,295
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,579	21,443	5,765
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,647	21,129	6,243
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,738	20,779	6,397
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,825	20,607	6,538
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,884	20,485	6,680
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,959	20,385	6,840
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,044	20,296	6,952
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,137	20,224	7,706
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,237	20,151	8,839
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,332	20,055	9,506
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,423	19,938	9,863
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,502	19,823	10,066
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,565	19,713	10,273
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,626	19,622	10,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,689	19,496	10,628
Dec 31, 2021	295	8,756	19,351	10,716
Dec 31, 2022	295	8,834	19,266	10,849

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.

Jordan

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
1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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