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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominica	Switzerland	Oman	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	70	7,258	2,348	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	71	7,296	2,403	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	71	7,332	2,457	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	72	7,384	2,510	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	72	7,438	2,562	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	72	7,488	2,613	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	72	7,532	2,663	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	72	7,579	2,713	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	72	7,647	2,764	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	73	7,738	2,816	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	73	7,825	2,871	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	73	7,884	2,928	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	73	7,959	2,986	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	73	8,044	3,047	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	73	8,137	3,110	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	73	8,237	3,174	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	74	8,332	3,240	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	74	8,423	3,307	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	74	8,502	3,375	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	74	8,565	3,444	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	75	8,626	3,512	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	75	8,689	3,582	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	76	8,756	3,651	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	76	8,834	3,696	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.

All data sources

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