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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Switzerland	Venezuela
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,258	23,188
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,296	23,601
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,332	24,011
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,384	24,425
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,438	24,841
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,488	25,255
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,532	25,667
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,579	26,079
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,647	26,589
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,738	27,098
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,825	27,510
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,884	27,920
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,959	28,327
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,044	28,722
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,137	29,111
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,237	29,418
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,332	29,693
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,423	29,961
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,502	29,856
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,565	28,858
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,626	27,921
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,689	27,871
Dec 31, 2021	295	8,756	28,316
Dec 31, 2022	295	8,834	28,418

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

Venezuela

1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

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