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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Luxembourg	Switzerland	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	433	7,258	387
Dec 31, 2000	438	7,296	390
Dec 31, 2001	443	7,332	393
Dec 31, 2002	448	7,384	396
Dec 31, 2003	454	7,438	398
Dec 31, 2004	460	7,488	401
Dec 31, 2005	467	7,532	404
Dec 31, 2006	474	7,579	405
Dec 31, 2007	482	7,647	406
Dec 31, 2008	491	7,738	409
Dec 31, 2009	500	7,825	412
Dec 31, 2010	509	7,884	414
Dec 31, 2011	521	7,959	416
Dec 31, 2012	533	8,044	420
Dec 31, 2013	547	8,137	426
Dec 31, 2014	560	8,237	435
Dec 31, 2015	571	8,332	445
Dec 31, 2016	586	8,423	455
Dec 31, 2017	599	8,502	468
Dec 31, 2018	610	8,565	485
Dec 31, 2019	623	8,626	504
Dec 31, 2020	633	8,689	516
Dec 31, 2021	643	8,756	518
Dec 31, 2022	651	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

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 Luxembourg, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.