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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	Dominica	Bangladesh	Switzerland
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	132,907	7,258
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	135,207	7,296
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	137,420	7,332
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	139,573	7,384
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	141,650	7,438
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	143,644	7,488
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	145,546	7,532
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	147,376	7,579
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	149,047	7,647
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	150,562	7,738
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	152,189	7,825
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	153,927	7,884
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	155,634	7,959
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	157,326	8,044
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	158,999	8,137
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	160,650	8,237
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	162,273	8,332
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	163,938	8,423
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	165,655	8,502
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	167,358	8,565
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	169,045	8,626
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	170,709	8,689
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	172,354	8,756
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	174,217	8,834

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

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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