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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Paraguay	São Tomé & Príncipe	Switzerland
Dec 31, 1999	5,366	138	7,258
Dec 31, 2000	5,473	141	7,296
Dec 31, 2001	5,579	144	7,332
Dec 31, 2002	5,683	147	7,384
Dec 31, 2003	5,786	151	7,438
Dec 31, 2004	5,886	154	7,488
Dec 31, 2005	5,984	158	7,532
Dec 31, 2006	6,080	161	7,579
Dec 31, 2007	6,173	165	7,647
Dec 31, 2008	6,264	168	7,738
Dec 31, 2009	6,352	172	7,825
Dec 31, 2010	6,438	176	7,884
Dec 31, 2011	6,522	180	7,959
Dec 31, 2012	6,605	183	8,044
Dec 31, 2013	6,688	187	8,137
Dec 31, 2014	6,769	190	8,237
Dec 31, 2015	6,850	194	8,332
Dec 31, 2016	6,930	198	8,423
Dec 31, 2017	7,012	201	8,502
Dec 31, 2018	7,095	204	8,565
Dec 31, 2019	7,179	208	8,626
Dec 31, 2020	7,263	212	8,689
Dec 31, 2021	7,348	216	8,756
Dec 31, 2022	7,432	220	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 Paraguay, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.