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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	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	7,258	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	7,296	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	7,332	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	7,384	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	7,438	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	7,488	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	7,532	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	7,579	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	7,647	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	7,738	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	7,825	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	7,884	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	7,959	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	8,044	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	8,137	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	8,237	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	8,332	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	8,423	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	8,502	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	8,565	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	8,626	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	8,689	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	8,756	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	8,834	7,432

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