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

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