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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	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	7,258	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	7,296	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	7,332	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	7,384	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	7,438	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	7,488	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	7,532	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	7,579	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	7,647	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	7,738	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	7,825	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	7,884	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	7,959	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	8,044	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	8,137	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	8,237	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	8,332	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	8,423	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	8,502	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	8,565	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	8,626	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	8,689	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	8,756	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	8,834	7,666

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, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.