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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	Denmark	Switzerland	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,322	7,258	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,339	7,296	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,358	7,332	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,377	7,384	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,391	7,438	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,404	7,488	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,420	7,532	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,438	7,579	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	5,461	7,647	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	5,494	7,738	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	5,524	7,825	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	5,548	7,884	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	5,571	7,959	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,592	8,044	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,614	8,137	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,644	8,237	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,683	8,332	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,730	8,423	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,766	8,502	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,795	8,565	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,818	8,626	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,831	8,689	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,855	8,756	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,907	8,834	651

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

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