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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Seychelles	Switzerland	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	78	7,258	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	79	7,296	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	80	7,332	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	81	7,384	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	82	7,438	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	83	7,488	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	84	7,532	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	85	7,579	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	86	7,647	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	87	7,738	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	87	7,825	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	88	7,884	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	89	7,959	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	90	8,044	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	91	8,137	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	92	8,237	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	92	8,332	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	93	8,423	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	94	8,502	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	95	8,565	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	96	8,626	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	97	8,689	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	98	8,756	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	98	8,834	3,696

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