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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	Yemen	Switzerland	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	16,728	7,258	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,236	7,296	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	17,762	7,332	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,310	7,384	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,855	7,438	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,410	7,488	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,000	7,532	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,611	7,579	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,236	7,647	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,878	7,738	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,533	7,825	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	23,195	7,884	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,880	7,959	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,594	8,044	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	25,311	8,137	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	26,020	8,237	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	26,698	8,332	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	27,347	8,423	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	27,985	8,502	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,608	8,565	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	29,216	8,626	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	29,811	8,689	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	30,399	8,756	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,058	8,834	2,559

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