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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	Liberia
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	7,258	2,741
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	7,296	2,847
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	7,332	2,917
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	7,384	2,978
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	7,438	2,983
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	7,488	3,005
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	7,532	3,138
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	7,579	3,311
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	7,647	3,469
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	7,738	3,603
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	7,825	3,708
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	7,884	3,817
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	7,959	3,984
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	8,044	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	8,137	4,244
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	8,237	4,348
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	8,332	4,460
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	8,423	4,576
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	8,502	4,689
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	8,565	4,810
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	8,626	4,904
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	8,689	5,005
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	8,756	5,109
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	8,834	5,216

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

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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