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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	Yemen	Switzerland	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	16,728	7,258	273
Dec 31, 2000	17,236	7,296	274
Dec 31, 2001	17,762	7,332	275
Dec 31, 2002	18,310	7,384	276
Dec 31, 2003	18,855	7,438	278
Dec 31, 2004	19,410	7,488	279
Dec 31, 2005	20,000	7,532	280
Dec 31, 2006	20,611	7,579	281
Dec 31, 2007	21,236	7,647	282
Dec 31, 2008	21,878	7,738	283
Dec 31, 2009	22,533	7,825	285
Dec 31, 2010	23,195	7,884	286
Dec 31, 2011	23,880	7,959	287
Dec 31, 2012	24,594	8,044	288
Dec 31, 2013	25,311	8,137	289
Dec 31, 2014	26,020	8,237	290
Dec 31, 2015	26,698	8,332	291
Dec 31, 2016	27,347	8,423	291
Dec 31, 2017	27,985	8,502	292
Dec 31, 2018	28,608	8,565	293
Dec 31, 2019	29,216	8,626	294
Dec 31, 2020	29,811	8,689	294
Dec 31, 2021	30,399	8,756	295
Dec 31, 2022	31,058	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.

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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

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