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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Germany	Switzerland	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	7,258	387
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	7,296	390
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	7,332	393
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	7,384	396
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	7,438	398
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	7,488	401
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	7,532	404
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	7,579	405
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	7,647	406
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	7,738	409
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	7,825	412
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	7,884	414
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	7,959	416
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	8,044	420
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	8,137	426
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	8,237	435
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	8,332	445
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	8,423	455
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	8,502	468
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	8,565	485
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	8,626	504
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	8,689	516
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	8,756	518
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	8,834	530

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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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 Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.