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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	Belgium	Switzerland
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	10,227	7,258
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	10,252	7,296
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	10,288	7,332
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	10,334	7,384
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	10,377	7,438
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	10,422	7,488
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	10,480	7,532
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	10,549	7,579
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	10,627	7,647
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	10,711	7,738
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	10,797	7,825
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	10,897	7,884
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	11,039	7,959
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	11,108	8,044
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	11,160	8,137
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	11,210	8,237
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	11,275	8,332
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	11,332	8,423
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	11,376	8,502
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	11,429	8,565
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	11,491	8,626
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	11,546	8,689
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	11,594	8,756
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	11,695	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

Belgium

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
1500- 1846: Buyst, E. (2011), “Towards Estimates of Long Term Growth in the Southern Low Countries, ca.1500-1846”, Results presented at the Conference on Quantifying Long Run Economic Development, Venice, 22-24 March, 2011
1846-1913: J. Gadisseur, "Contribution à l'étude de la production agricole en Belgique de 1846 à 1913", Revue belge d'histoire contemporaine, vol. IV, 1-2, 1973,
1913-1950: C. Carbonnelle, "Recherches sur levolution de la production en Belgique de 1900à 1957", Cahiers Economiques de Bruxelles, no. 3, April 1959, p. 358.

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.