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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Switzerland	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	7,258	138
Dec 31, 2000	7,296	141
Dec 31, 2001	7,332	144
Dec 31, 2002	7,384	147
Dec 31, 2003	7,438	151
Dec 31, 2004	7,488	154
Dec 31, 2005	7,532	158
Dec 31, 2006	7,579	161
Dec 31, 2007	7,647	165
Dec 31, 2008	7,738	168
Dec 31, 2009	7,825	172
Dec 31, 2010	7,884	176
Dec 31, 2011	7,959	180
Dec 31, 2012	8,044	183
Dec 31, 2013	8,137	187
Dec 31, 2014	8,237	190
Dec 31, 2015	8,332	194
Dec 31, 2016	8,423	198
Dec 31, 2017	8,502	201
Dec 31, 2018	8,565	204
Dec 31, 2019	8,626	208
Dec 31, 2020	8,689	212
Dec 31, 2021	8,756	216
Dec 31, 2022	8,834	220

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 São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.