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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	Switzerland	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	7,258	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	7,296	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	7,332	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	7,384	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	7,438	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	7,488	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	7,532	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	7,579	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	7,647	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	7,738	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	7,825	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	7,884	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	7,959	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	8,044	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	8,137	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	8,237	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	8,332	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	8,423	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	8,502	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	8,565	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	8,626	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	8,689	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	8,756	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	8,834	121,234

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

Philippines

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.