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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date SwitzerlandMoldovaTrinidad & Tobago
7,2584,2441,301
7,2964,1991,303
7,3324,1541,308
7,3844,1081,314
7,4384,0591,320
7,4884,0131,326
7,5323,9661,332
7,5793,9191,338
7,6473,8731,344
7,7383,8291,352
7,8253,7881,359
7,8843,7481,365
7,9593,7091,372
8,0443,6711,379
8,1373,6331,386
8,2373,5951,392
8,3323,5581,399
8,4233,5221,405
8,5023,4851,411
8,5653,4481,436
8,6263,4121,452
8,6893,3761,448
8,7563,3391,450
8,8343,5701,456

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 Moldova, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.