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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	Belgium
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	7,258	10,227
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	7,296	10,252
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	7,332	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	7,384	10,334
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	7,438	10,377
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	7,488	10,422
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	7,532	10,480
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	7,579	10,549
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	7,647	10,627
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	7,738	10,711
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	7,825	10,797
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	7,884	10,897
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	7,959	11,039
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	8,044	11,108
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	8,137	11,160
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	8,237	11,210
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	8,332	11,275
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	8,423	11,332
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	8,502	11,376
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	8,565	11,429
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	8,626	11,491
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	8,689	11,546
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	8,756	11,594
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	8,834	11,695

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

Belgium

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
1500- 1846: Buyst, E. (2011), “Towards Estimates of Long Term Growth in the Southern Low Countries, ca.1500-1846”, Results presented at the Conference on Quantifying Long Run Economic Development, Venice, 22-24 March, 2011
1846-1913: J. Gadisseur, "Contribution à l'étude de la production agricole en Belgique de 1846 à 1913", Revue belge d'histoire contemporaine, vol. IV, 1-2, 1973,
1913-1950: C. Carbonnelle, "Recherches sur levolution de la production en Belgique de 1900à 1957", Cahiers Economiques de Bruxelles, no. 3, April 1959, p. 358.

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