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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Switzerland	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	387	7,258	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	390	7,296	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	393	7,332	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	396	7,384	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	398	7,438	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	401	7,488	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	404	7,532	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	405	7,579	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	406	7,647	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	409	7,738	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	412	7,825	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	414	7,884	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	416	7,959	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	420	8,044	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	426	8,137	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	435	8,237	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	445	8,332	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	455	8,423	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	468	8,502	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	485	8,565	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	504	8,626	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	516	8,689	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	518	8,756	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	530	8,834	21,889

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, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.