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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 SeychellesMoldovaSwitzerland
784,2447,258
794,1997,296
804,1547,332
814,1087,384
824,0597,438
834,0137,488
843,9667,532
853,9197,579
863,8737,647
873,8297,738
873,7887,825
883,7487,884
893,7097,959
903,6718,044
913,6338,137
923,5958,237
923,5588,332
933,5228,423
943,4858,502
953,4488,565
963,4128,626
973,3768,689
983,3398,756
983,5708,834

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