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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Spain	Moldova	Switzerland
Dec 31, 1999	40,378	4,244	7,258
Dec 31, 2000	40,563	4,199	7,296
Dec 31, 2001	40,775	4,154	7,332
Dec 31, 2002	41,433	4,108	7,384
Dec 31, 2003	42,205	4,059	7,438
Dec 31, 2004	42,869	4,013	7,488
Dec 31, 2005	43,672	3,966	7,532
Dec 31, 2006	44,370	3,919	7,579
Dec 31, 2007	45,246	3,873	7,647
Dec 31, 2008	45,993	3,829	7,738
Dec 31, 2009	46,378	3,788	7,825
Dec 31, 2010	46,573	3,748	7,884
Dec 31, 2011	46,746	3,709	7,959
Dec 31, 2012	46,777	3,671	8,044
Dec 31, 2013	46,603	3,633	8,137
Dec 31, 2014	46,465	3,595	8,237
Dec 31, 2015	46,420	3,558	8,332
Dec 31, 2016	46,460	3,522	8,423
Dec 31, 2017	46,543	3,485	8,502
Dec 31, 2018	46,739	3,448	8,565
Dec 31, 2019	47,116	3,412	8,626
Dec 31, 2020	47,366	3,376	8,689
Dec 31, 2021	47,342	3,339	8,756
Dec 31, 2022	47,625	3,570	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

Spain

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
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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 Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.