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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	Malta	Bangladesh	Switzerland
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	132,907	7,258
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	135,207	7,296
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	137,420	7,332
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	139,573	7,384
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	141,650	7,438
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	143,644	7,488
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	145,546	7,532
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	147,376	7,579
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	149,047	7,647
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	150,562	7,738
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	152,189	7,825
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	153,927	7,884
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	155,634	7,959
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	157,326	8,044
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	158,999	8,137
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	160,650	8,237
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	162,273	8,332
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	163,938	8,423
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	165,655	8,502
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	167,358	8,565
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	169,045	8,626
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	170,709	8,689
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	172,354	8,756
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	174,217	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.

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

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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