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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

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

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

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.

No separate list is published for Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.