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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	Uzbekistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,258	24,701
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,296	25,042
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,332	25,372
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,384	25,696
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,438	25,992
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,488	26,268
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,532	26,540
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,579	26,812
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,647	27,081
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,738	27,347
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,825	27,609
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,884	27,869
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,959	28,132
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,044	28,398
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,137	28,666
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,237	28,934
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,332	29,205
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,423	29,480
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,502	29,756
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,565	30,031
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,626	30,305
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,689	30,576
Dec 31, 2021	295	8,756	30,843
Dec 31, 2022	295	8,834	31,337

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