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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	Morocco	Switzerland
Dec 31, 1999	273	28,400	7,258
Dec 31, 2000	274	28,744	7,296
Dec 31, 2001	275	29,094	7,332
Dec 31, 2002	276	29,447	7,384
Dec 31, 2003	278	29,806	7,438
Dec 31, 2004	279	30,169	7,488
Dec 31, 2005	280	30,552	7,532
Dec 31, 2006	281	30,953	7,579
Dec 31, 2007	282	31,354	7,647
Dec 31, 2008	283	31,754	7,738
Dec 31, 2009	285	32,154	7,825
Dec 31, 2010	286	32,553	7,884
Dec 31, 2011	287	32,951	7,959
Dec 31, 2012	288	33,346	8,044
Dec 31, 2013	289	33,737	8,137
Dec 31, 2014	290	34,124	8,237
Dec 31, 2015	291	34,511	8,332
Dec 31, 2016	291	34,898	8,423
Dec 31, 2017	292	35,279	8,502
Dec 31, 2018	293	35,653	8,565
Dec 31, 2019	294	36,018	8,626
Dec 31, 2020	294	36,375	8,689
Dec 31, 2021	295	36,723	8,756
Dec 31, 2022	295	37,101	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

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, Morocco; the database as a whole is cited above.