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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	Tunisia	Romania	Switzerland	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	9,417	22,414	7,258	273
Dec 31, 2000	9,514	22,262	7,296	274
Dec 31, 2001	9,613	22,106	7,332	275
Dec 31, 2002	9,711	21,931	7,384	276
Dec 31, 2003	9,810	21,828	7,438	278
Dec 31, 2004	9,906	21,704	7,488	279
Dec 31, 2005	9,997	21,571	7,532	280
Dec 31, 2006	10,087	21,443	7,579	281
Dec 31, 2007	10,178	21,129	7,647	282
Dec 31, 2008	10,274	20,779	7,738	283
Dec 31, 2009	10,377	20,607	7,825	285
Dec 31, 2010	10,491	20,485	7,884	286
Dec 31, 2011	10,612	20,385	7,959	287
Dec 31, 2012	10,737	20,296	8,044	288
Dec 31, 2013	10,866	20,224	8,137	289
Dec 31, 2014	10,996	20,151	8,237	290
Dec 31, 2015	11,124	20,055	8,332	291
Dec 31, 2016	11,248	19,938	8,423	291
Dec 31, 2017	11,365	19,823	8,502	292
Dec 31, 2018	11,477	19,713	8,565	293
Dec 31, 2019	11,583	19,622	8,626	294
Dec 31, 2020	11,681	19,496	8,689	294
Dec 31, 2021	11,772	19,351	8,756	295
Dec 31, 2022	11,862	19,266	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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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