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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	France
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	7,258	60,396
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	7,296	60,811
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	7,332	61,255
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	7,384	61,703
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	7,438	62,141
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	7,488	62,600
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	7,532	63,073
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	7,579	63,513
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	7,647	63,906
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	7,738	64,264
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	7,825	64,594
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	7,884	64,913
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	7,959	65,231
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	8,044	65,552
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	8,137	65,891
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	8,237	66,212
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	8,332	66,480
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	8,423	66,730
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	8,502	67,015
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	8,565	67,347
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	8,626	67,660
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	8,689	67,901
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	8,756	68,114
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	8,834	68,387

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

France

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
1276–1800: Ridolfi, L., & Nuvolari, A. (2021). L’histoire immobile? A reappraisal of French economic growth using the demand-side approach, 1280–1850. European Review of Economic History, 25(3), 405–428
1850-1913: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987
1920-1950: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987

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