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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	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	7,258	138
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	7,296	141
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	7,332	144
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	7,384	147
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	7,438	151
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	7,488	154
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	7,532	158
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	7,579	161
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	7,647	165
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	7,738	168
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	7,825	172
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	7,884	176
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	7,959	180
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	8,044	183
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	8,137	187
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	8,237	190
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	8,332	194
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	8,423	198
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	8,502	201
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	8,565	204
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	8,626	208
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	8,689	212
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	8,756	216
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	8,834	220

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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.