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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Switzerland	Tanzania
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,258	32,912
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,296	33,953
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,332	34,974
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,384	36,021
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,438	37,100
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,488	38,167
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,532	39,262
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,579	40,387
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,647	41,557
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,738	42,741
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,825	43,889
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,884	45,132
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,959	46,531
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,044	47,965
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,137	49,437
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,237	50,965
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,332	52,604
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,423	54,336
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,502	56,062
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,565	57,765
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,626	59,465
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,689	61,191
Dec 31, 2021	295	8,756	62,944
Dec 31, 2022	295	8,834	64,835

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