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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Central African Republic	Switzerland
Dec 31, 1999	387	3,889	7,258
Dec 31, 2000	390	3,980	7,296
Dec 31, 2001	393	4,054	7,332
Dec 31, 2002	396	4,128	7,384
Dec 31, 2003	398	4,215	7,438
Dec 31, 2004	401	4,289	7,488
Dec 31, 2005	404	4,363	7,532
Dec 31, 2006	405	4,449	7,579
Dec 31, 2007	406	4,544	7,647
Dec 31, 2008	409	4,641	7,738
Dec 31, 2009	412	4,742	7,825
Dec 31, 2010	414	4,845	7,884
Dec 31, 2011	416	4,950	7,959
Dec 31, 2012	420	5,057	8,044
Dec 31, 2013	426	5,167	8,137
Dec 31, 2014	435	5,278	8,237
Dec 31, 2015	445	5,392	8,332
Dec 31, 2016	455	5,507	8,423
Dec 31, 2017	468	5,625	8,502
Dec 31, 2018	485	5,745	8,565
Dec 31, 2019	504	5,874	8,626
Dec 31, 2020	516	6,025	8,689
Dec 31, 2021	518	6,154	8,756
Dec 31, 2022	530	6,291	8,834

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 Malta, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.