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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	Sudan	Congo - Kinshasa	Switzerland
Dec 31, 1999	273	26,168	51,181	7,258
Dec 31, 2000	274	26,771	52,782	7,296
Dec 31, 2001	275	27,387	54,453	7,332
Dec 31, 2002	276	28,017	56,170	7,384
Dec 31, 2003	278	28,662	57,860	7,438
Dec 31, 2004	279	29,321	59,599	7,488
Dec 31, 2005	280	29,996	61,474	7,532
Dec 31, 2006	281	30,686	63,479	7,579
Dec 31, 2007	282	31,393	65,590	7,647
Dec 31, 2008	283	32,137	67,800	7,738
Dec 31, 2009	285	33,078	70,114	7,825
Dec 31, 2010	286	33,891	72,550	7,884
Dec 31, 2011	287	34,568	75,138	7,959
Dec 31, 2012	288	35,293	77,792	8,044
Dec 31, 2013	289	36,093	80,534	8,137
Dec 31, 2014	290	37,058	83,368	8,237
Dec 31, 2015	291	38,165	86,229	8,332
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,294	89,193	8,423
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,512	92,209	8,502
Dec 31, 2018	293	41,764	95,232	8,565
Dec 31, 2019	294	42,952	98,320	8,626
Dec 31, 2020	294	44,121	101,499	8,689
Dec 31, 2021	295	45,290	104,767	8,756
Dec 31, 2022	295	46,498	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, Sudan, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.