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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Switzerland	Barbados	Trinidad & Tobago
Dec 31, 1999	7,258	273	1,301
Dec 31, 2000	7,296	274	1,303
Dec 31, 2001	7,332	275	1,308
Dec 31, 2002	7,384	276	1,314
Dec 31, 2003	7,438	278	1,320
Dec 31, 2004	7,488	279	1,326
Dec 31, 2005	7,532	280	1,332
Dec 31, 2006	7,579	281	1,338
Dec 31, 2007	7,647	282	1,344
Dec 31, 2008	7,738	283	1,352
Dec 31, 2009	7,825	285	1,359
Dec 31, 2010	7,884	286	1,365
Dec 31, 2011	7,959	287	1,372
Dec 31, 2012	8,044	288	1,379
Dec 31, 2013	8,137	289	1,386
Dec 31, 2014	8,237	290	1,392
Dec 31, 2015	8,332	291	1,399
Dec 31, 2016	8,423	291	1,405
Dec 31, 2017	8,502	292	1,411
Dec 31, 2018	8,565	293	1,436
Dec 31, 2019	8,626	294	1,452
Dec 31, 2020	8,689	294	1,448
Dec 31, 2021	8,756	295	1,450
Dec 31, 2022	8,834	295	1,456

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.

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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, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.