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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Kenya	Switzerland
Dec 31, 1999	273	30,192	7,258
Dec 31, 2000	274	31,025	7,296
Dec 31, 2001	275	31,919	7,332
Dec 31, 2002	276	32,865	7,384
Dec 31, 2003	278	33,846	7,438
Dec 31, 2004	279	34,880	7,488
Dec 31, 2005	280	35,961	7,532
Dec 31, 2006	281	37,093	7,579
Dec 31, 2007	282	38,248	7,647
Dec 31, 2008	283	39,441	7,738
Dec 31, 2009	285	40,668	7,825
Dec 31, 2010	286	41,900	7,884
Dec 31, 2011	287	43,198	7,959
Dec 31, 2012	288	44,470	8,044
Dec 31, 2013	289	45,639	8,137
Dec 31, 2014	290	46,808	8,237
Dec 31, 2015	291	47,983	8,332
Dec 31, 2016	291	49,095	8,423
Dec 31, 2017	292	50,201	8,502
Dec 31, 2018	293	51,357	8,565
Dec 31, 2019	294	52,522	8,626
Dec 31, 2020	294	53,691	8,689
Dec 31, 2021	295	54,867	8,756
Dec 31, 2022	295	55,924	8,834

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.

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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

Kenya

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.