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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Switzerland	São Tomé & Príncipe	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	7,258	138	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	7,296	141	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	7,332	144	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	7,384	147	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	7,438	151	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	7,488	154	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	7,532	158	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	7,579	161	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	7,647	165	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	7,738	168	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	7,825	172	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	7,884	176	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	7,959	180	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	8,044	183	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	8,137	187	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	8,237	190	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	8,332	194	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	8,423	198	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	8,502	201	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	8,565	204	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	8,626	208	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	8,689	212	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	8,756	216	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	8,834	220	3,570

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