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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date SeychellesSwitzerlandMoldova
787,2584,244
797,2964,199
807,3324,154
817,3844,108
827,4384,059
837,4884,013
847,5323,966
857,5793,919
867,6473,873
877,7383,829
877,8253,788
887,8843,748
897,9593,709
908,0443,671
918,1373,633
928,2373,595
928,3323,558
938,4233,522
948,5023,485
958,5653,448
968,6263,412
978,6893,376
988,7563,339
988,8343,570

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.

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