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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Tunisia	Switzerland	Romania	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	9,417	7,258	22,414	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	9,514	7,296	22,262	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	9,613	7,332	22,106	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	9,711	7,384	21,931	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	9,810	7,438	21,828	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	9,906	7,488	21,704	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	9,997	7,532	21,571	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	10,087	7,579	21,443	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	10,178	7,647	21,129	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	10,274	7,738	20,779	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	10,377	7,825	20,607	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	10,491	7,884	20,485	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	10,612	7,959	20,385	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	10,737	8,044	20,296	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	10,866	8,137	20,224	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	10,996	8,237	20,151	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	11,124	8,332	20,055	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	11,248	8,423	19,938	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	11,365	8,502	19,823	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	11,477	8,565	19,713	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	11,583	8,626	19,622	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	11,681	8,689	19,496	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	11,772	8,756	19,351	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	11,862	8,834	19,266	3,570

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.

All data sources

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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

No separate list is published for Tunisia, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.