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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	Iceland	Switzerland	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	7,258	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	7,296	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	7,332	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	7,384	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	7,438	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	7,488	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	7,532	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	7,579	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	7,647	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	7,738	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	7,825	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	7,884	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	7,959	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	8,044	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	8,137	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	8,237	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	8,332	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	8,423	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	8,502	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	8,565	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	8,626	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	8,689	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	8,756	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	8,834	174,217

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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

Bangladesh

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

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