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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Mali	Switzerland	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	7,258	433
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	7,296	438
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	7,332	443
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	7,384	448
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	7,438	454
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	7,488	460
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	7,532	467
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	7,579	474
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	7,647	482
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	7,738	491
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	7,825	500
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	7,884	509
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	7,959	521
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	8,044	533
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	8,137	547
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	8,237	560
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	8,332	571
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	8,423	586
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	8,502	599
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	8,565	610
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	8,626	623
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	8,689	633
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	8,756	643
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	8,834	651

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