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

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.