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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Cape Verde	Burkina Faso	Switzerland
Dec 31, 1999	422	11,075	7,258
Dec 31, 2000	430	11,405	7,296
Dec 31, 2001	438	11,828	7,332
Dec 31, 2002	447	12,380	7,384
Dec 31, 2003	455	12,829	7,438
Dec 31, 2004	463	13,178	7,488
Dec 31, 2005	471	13,540	7,532
Dec 31, 2006	478	13,917	7,579
Dec 31, 2007	486	14,309	7,647
Dec 31, 2008	494	14,722	7,738
Dec 31, 2009	501	15,152	7,825
Dec 31, 2010	509	15,600	7,884
Dec 31, 2011	516	16,064	7,959
Dec 31, 2012	524	16,563	8,044
Dec 31, 2013	531	17,072	8,137
Dec 31, 2014	539	17,575	8,237
Dec 31, 2015	546	18,094	8,332
Dec 31, 2016	553	18,621	8,423
Dec 31, 2017	562	19,157	8,502
Dec 31, 2018	568	19,698	8,565
Dec 31, 2019	574	20,242	8,626
Dec 31, 2020	580	20,788	8,689
Dec 31, 2021	585	21,336	8,756
Dec 31, 2022	590	21,889	8,834

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 Cape Verde, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.