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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	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	273	627	7,258	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	274	659	7,296	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	275	691	7,332	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	276	724	7,384	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	278	757	7,438	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	279	850	7,488	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,001	7,532	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,153	7,579	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,306	7,647	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,460	7,738	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,615	7,825	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,770	7,884	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,904	7,959	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,010	8,044	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,103	8,137	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,187	8,237	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,261	8,332	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,326	8,423	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,384	8,502	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,435	8,565	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,480	8,626	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,519	8,689	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,553	8,756	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,559	8,834	68,457

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

Thailand

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-50: Sompop Manarungsan, "Economic Development of Thailand, 1850-1950", University of Groningen, Ph. D. thesis, 1989

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