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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	Ghana
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	7,258	19,327
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	7,296	19,792
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	7,332	20,280
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	7,384	20,806
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	7,438	21,350
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	7,488	21,900
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	7,532	22,469
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	7,579	23,058
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	7,647	23,661
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	7,738	24,270
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	7,825	24,899
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	7,884	25,559
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	7,959	26,244
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	8,044	26,945
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	8,137	27,664
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	8,237	28,405
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	8,332	29,146
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	8,423	29,879
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	8,502	30,617
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	8,565	31,362
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	8,626	32,111
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	8,689	32,864
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	8,756	33,622
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	8,834	34,280

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

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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