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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Hong Kong SAR China	Switzerland
Dec 31, 1999	273	6,587	7,258
Dec 31, 2000	274	6,646	7,296
Dec 31, 2001	275	6,695	7,332
Dec 31, 2002	276	6,725	7,384
Dec 31, 2003	278	6,712	7,438
Dec 31, 2004	279	6,765	7,488
Dec 31, 2005	280	6,794	7,532
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,838	7,579
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,897	7,647
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,938	7,738
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,953	7,825
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,004	7,884
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,052	7,959
Dec 31, 2012	288	7,130	8,044
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,159	8,137
Dec 31, 2014	290	7,209	8,237
Dec 31, 2015	291	7,271	8,332
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,316	8,423
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,372	8,502
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,432	8,565
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,487	8,626
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,460	8,689
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,392	8,756
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,387	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.

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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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.