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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Cape Verde	Barbados	Switzerland
Dec 31, 1999	422	273	7,258
Dec 31, 2000	430	274	7,296
Dec 31, 2001	438	275	7,332
Dec 31, 2002	447	276	7,384
Dec 31, 2003	455	278	7,438
Dec 31, 2004	463	279	7,488
Dec 31, 2005	471	280	7,532
Dec 31, 2006	478	281	7,579
Dec 31, 2007	486	282	7,647
Dec 31, 2008	494	283	7,738
Dec 31, 2009	501	285	7,825
Dec 31, 2010	509	286	7,884
Dec 31, 2011	516	287	7,959
Dec 31, 2012	524	288	8,044
Dec 31, 2013	531	289	8,137
Dec 31, 2014	539	290	8,237
Dec 31, 2015	546	291	8,332
Dec 31, 2016	553	291	8,423
Dec 31, 2017	562	292	8,502
Dec 31, 2018	568	293	8,565
Dec 31, 2019	574	294	8,626
Dec 31, 2020	580	294	8,689
Dec 31, 2021	585	295	8,756
Dec 31, 2022	590	295	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.

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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 Cape Verde, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.