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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Cape Verde	Switzerland	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	422	7,258	273
Dec 31, 2000	430	7,296	274
Dec 31, 2001	438	7,332	275
Dec 31, 2002	447	7,384	276
Dec 31, 2003	455	7,438	278
Dec 31, 2004	463	7,488	279
Dec 31, 2005	471	7,532	280
Dec 31, 2006	478	7,579	281
Dec 31, 2007	486	7,647	282
Dec 31, 2008	494	7,738	283
Dec 31, 2009	501	7,825	285
Dec 31, 2010	509	7,884	286
Dec 31, 2011	516	7,959	287
Dec 31, 2012	524	8,044	288
Dec 31, 2013	531	8,137	289
Dec 31, 2014	539	8,237	290
Dec 31, 2015	546	8,332	291
Dec 31, 2016	553	8,423	291
Dec 31, 2017	562	8,502	292
Dec 31, 2018	568	8,565	293
Dec 31, 2019	574	8,626	294
Dec 31, 2020	580	8,689	294
Dec 31, 2021	585	8,756	295
Dec 31, 2022	590	8,834	295

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.