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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Switzerland	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	7,258	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	7,296	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	7,332	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	7,384	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	7,438	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	7,488	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	7,532	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	7,579	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	7,647	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	7,738	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	7,825	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	7,884	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	7,959	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	8,044	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	8,137	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	8,237	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	8,332	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	8,423	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	8,502	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	8,565	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	8,626	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	8,689	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	8,756	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	8,834	10,099

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 United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.