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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	Thailand	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,258	59,748	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,296	60,165	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,332	60,746	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,384	61,323	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,438	61,884	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,488	62,425	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,532	62,956	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,579	63,467	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,647	63,937	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,738	64,381	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,825	64,804	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,884	65,208	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,959	65,599	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,044	65,970	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,137	66,332	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,237	66,673	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,332	66,975	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,423	67,250	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,502	67,506	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,565	67,750	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,626	67,975	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,689	68,180	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	8,756	68,366	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	8,834	68,457	530

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

Thailand

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-50: Sompop Manarungsan, "Economic Development of Thailand, 1850-1950", University of Groningen, Ph. D. thesis, 1989

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