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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	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	273	627	7,258	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	274	659	7,296	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	275	691	7,332	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	276	724	7,384	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	278	757	7,438	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	279	850	7,488	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,001	7,532	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,153	7,579	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,306	7,647	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,460	7,738	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,615	7,825	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,770	7,884	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,904	7,959	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,010	8,044	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,103	8,137	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,187	8,237	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,261	8,332	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,326	8,423	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,384	8,502	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,435	8,565	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,480	8,626	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,519	8,689	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,553	8,756	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,559	8,834	46,498

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, Qatar, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.