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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	Iceland	Barbados	Switzerland	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	7,258	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	7,296	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	7,332	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	7,384	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	7,438	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	7,488	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	7,532	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	7,579	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	7,647	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	7,738	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	7,825	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	7,884	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	7,959	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	8,044	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	8,137	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	8,237	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	8,332	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	8,423	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	8,502	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	8,565	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	8,626	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	8,689	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	8,756	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	8,834	108,171

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.