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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	Chad
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,258	7,559
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,296	7,821
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,332	8,092
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,384	8,395
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,438	8,763
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,488	9,191
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,532	9,594
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,579	9,967
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,647	10,338
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,738	10,728
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,825	11,139
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,884	11,550
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,959	11,983
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,044	12,427
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,137	12,895
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,237	13,379
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,332	13,823
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,423	14,277
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,502	14,765
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,565	15,252
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,626	15,750
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,689	16,257
Dec 31, 2021	295	8,756	16,776
Dec 31, 2022	295	8,834	17,307

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, Chad; the database as a whole is cited above.