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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	Romania	Mexico	Switzerland
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,414	97,242	7,258
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,262	98,403	7,296
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,106	99,599	7,332
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,931	100,863	7,384
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,828	102,132	7,438
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,704	103,334	7,488
Dec 31, 2005	280	21,571	104,508	7,532
Dec 31, 2006	281	21,443	105,738	7,579
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,129	107,083	7,647
Dec 31, 2008	283	20,779	108,554	7,738
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,607	110,061	7,825
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,485	111,468	7,884
Dec 31, 2011	287	20,385	112,826	7,959
Dec 31, 2012	288	20,296	114,163	8,044
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,224	115,471	8,137
Dec 31, 2014	290	20,151	116,757	8,237
Dec 31, 2015	291	20,055	118,017	8,332
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,938	117,444	8,423
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,823	118,799	8,502
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,713	120,289	8,565
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,622	121,872	8,626
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,496	123,260	8,689
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,351	124,462	8,756
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,266	125,247	8,834

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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

Mexico

1550–1812: Arroyo Abad, L. and J.L. van Zanden (2016), “Growth under Extractive Institutions? Latin American Per Capita GDP in Colonial Times” Journal of Economic History 76(4): 1182–1215.
1812–1870: Prados de la Escosura, L., (2009), ‘Lost decades? Economic performance in post-independence Latin America’, Journal of Latin America Studies, 41, pp. 279–307. (updated data)
1870-1895: Bértola, L., & Ocampo, J. A. (2012). The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford University Press, Table A.2
1895–2003: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350

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; the database as a whole is cited above.