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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	Vietnam
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,258	78,394
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,296	79,472
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,332	80,546
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,384	81,637
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,438	82,720
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,488	83,821
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,532	84,942
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,579	86,036
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,647	87,136
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,738	88,253
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,825	89,373
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,884	90,481
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,959	91,591
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,044	92,720
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,137	93,883
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,237	95,055
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,332	96,222
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,423	97,380
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,502	98,507
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,565	99,604
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,626	100,695
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,689	101,771
Dec 31, 2021	295	8,756	102,815
Dec 31, 2022	295	8,834	103,574

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