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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	Qatar	Switzerland	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	273	627	7,258	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	274	659	7,296	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	275	691	7,332	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	276	724	7,384	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	278	757	7,438	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	279	850	7,488	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,001	7,532	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,153	7,579	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,306	7,647	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,460	7,738	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,615	7,825	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,770	7,884	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,904	7,959	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,010	8,044	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,103	8,137	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,187	8,237	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,261	8,332	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,326	8,423	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,384	8,502	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,435	8,565	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,480	8,626	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,519	8,689	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,553	8,756	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,559	8,834	174,217

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

Bangladesh

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

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