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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	Honduras
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	7,258	6,198
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	7,296	6,367
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	7,332	6,535
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	7,384	6,698
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	7,438	6,863
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	7,488	7,028
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	7,532	7,194
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	7,579	7,359
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	7,647	7,522
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	7,738	7,682
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	7,825	7,839
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	7,884	7,991
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	7,959	8,141
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	8,044	8,288
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	8,137	8,429
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	8,237	8,546
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	8,332	8,661
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	8,423	8,770
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	8,502	8,878
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	8,565	9,002
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	8,626	9,154
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	8,689	9,304
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	8,756	9,448
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	8,834	9,590

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

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