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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	Luxembourg	Switzerland	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	7,258	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	7,296	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	7,332	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	7,384	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	7,438	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	7,488	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	7,532	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	7,579	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	7,647	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	7,738	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	7,825	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	7,884	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	7,959	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	8,044	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	8,137	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	8,237	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	8,332	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	8,423	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	8,502	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	8,565	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	8,626	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	8,689	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	8,756	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	8,834	5,907

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

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, Luxembourg, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.