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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	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	7,258	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	7,296	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	7,332	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	7,384	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	7,438	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	7,488	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	7,532	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	7,579	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	7,647	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	7,738	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	7,825	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	7,884	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	7,959	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	8,044	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	8,137	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	8,237	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	8,332	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	8,423	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	8,502	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	8,565	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	8,626	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	8,689	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	8,756	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	8,834	3,228

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