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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	Seychelles	Congo - Kinshasa	Switzerland
Dec 31, 1999	273	78	51,181	7,258
Dec 31, 2000	274	79	52,782	7,296
Dec 31, 2001	275	80	54,453	7,332
Dec 31, 2002	276	81	56,170	7,384
Dec 31, 2003	278	82	57,860	7,438
Dec 31, 2004	279	83	59,599	7,488
Dec 31, 2005	280	84	61,474	7,532
Dec 31, 2006	281	85	63,479	7,579
Dec 31, 2007	282	86	65,590	7,647
Dec 31, 2008	283	87	67,800	7,738
Dec 31, 2009	285	87	70,114	7,825
Dec 31, 2010	286	88	72,550	7,884
Dec 31, 2011	287	89	75,138	7,959
Dec 31, 2012	288	90	77,792	8,044
Dec 31, 2013	289	91	80,534	8,137
Dec 31, 2014	290	92	83,368	8,237
Dec 31, 2015	291	92	86,229	8,332
Dec 31, 2016	291	93	89,193	8,423
Dec 31, 2017	292	94	92,209	8,502
Dec 31, 2018	293	95	95,232	8,565
Dec 31, 2019	294	96	98,320	8,626
Dec 31, 2020	294	97	101,499	8,689
Dec 31, 2021	295	98	104,767	8,756
Dec 31, 2022	295	98	108,171	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

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, Seychelles, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.