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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Cape Verde	Switzerland
Dec 31, 1999	422	7,258
Dec 31, 2000	430	7,296
Dec 31, 2001	438	7,332
Dec 31, 2002	447	7,384
Dec 31, 2003	455	7,438
Dec 31, 2004	463	7,488
Dec 31, 2005	471	7,532
Dec 31, 2006	478	7,579
Dec 31, 2007	486	7,647
Dec 31, 2008	494	7,738
Dec 31, 2009	501	7,825
Dec 31, 2010	509	7,884
Dec 31, 2011	516	7,959
Dec 31, 2012	524	8,044
Dec 31, 2013	531	8,137
Dec 31, 2014	539	8,237
Dec 31, 2015	546	8,332
Dec 31, 2016	553	8,423
Dec 31, 2017	562	8,502
Dec 31, 2018	568	8,565
Dec 31, 2019	574	8,626
Dec 31, 2020	580	8,689
Dec 31, 2021	585	8,756
Dec 31, 2022	590	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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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; the database as a whole is cited above.