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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	Switzerland	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	7,258	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	7,296	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	7,332	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	7,384	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	7,438	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	7,488	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	7,532	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	7,579	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	7,647	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	7,738	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	7,825	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	7,884	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	7,959	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	8,044	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	8,137	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	8,237	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	8,332	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	8,423	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	8,502	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	8,565	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	8,626	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	8,689	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	8,756	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	8,834	31,058

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