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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Switzerland	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	7,258	273
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	7,296	274
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	7,332	275
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	7,384	276
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	7,438	278
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	7,488	279
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	7,532	280
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	7,579	281
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	7,647	282
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	7,738	283
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	7,825	285
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	7,884	286
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	7,959	287
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	8,044	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	8,137	289
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	8,237	290
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	8,332	291
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	8,423	291
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	8,502	292
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	8,565	293
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	8,626	294
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	8,689	294
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	8,756	295
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.