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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	St. Lucia	Moldova	Switzerland
Dec 31, 1999	152	4,244	7,258
Dec 31, 2000	153	4,199	7,296
Dec 31, 2001	154	4,154	7,332
Dec 31, 2002	155	4,108	7,384
Dec 31, 2003	156	4,059	7,438
Dec 31, 2004	157	4,013	7,488
Dec 31, 2005	157	3,966	7,532
Dec 31, 2006	158	3,919	7,579
Dec 31, 2007	159	3,873	7,647
Dec 31, 2008	160	3,829	7,738
Dec 31, 2009	160	3,788	7,825
Dec 31, 2010	161	3,748	7,884
Dec 31, 2011	162	3,709	7,959
Dec 31, 2012	162	3,671	8,044
Dec 31, 2013	163	3,633	8,137
Dec 31, 2014	163	3,595	8,237
Dec 31, 2015	164	3,558	8,332
Dec 31, 2016	164	3,522	8,423
Dec 31, 2017	165	3,485	8,502
Dec 31, 2018	166	3,448	8,565
Dec 31, 2019	166	3,412	8,626
Dec 31, 2020	167	3,376	8,689
Dec 31, 2021	167	3,339	8,756
Dec 31, 2022	167	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

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