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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	Oman	Switzerland	Mongolia
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,348	7,258	2,433
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,403	7,296	2,461
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,457	7,332	2,489
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,510	7,384	2,519
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,562	7,438	2,547
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,613	7,488	2,574
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,663	7,532	2,602
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,713	7,579	2,633
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,764	7,647	2,666
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,816	7,738	2,702
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,871	7,825	2,741
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,928	7,884	2,783
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,986	7,959	2,827
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,047	8,044	2,870
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,110	8,137	2,912
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,174	8,237	2,953
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,240	8,332	2,993
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,307	8,423	3,031
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,375	8,502	3,068
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,444	8,565	3,103
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,512	8,626	3,171
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,582	8,689	3,231
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,651	8,756	3,284
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,696	8,834	3,333

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, Oman, Mongolia; the database as a whole is cited above.