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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Switzerland	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	387	7,258	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	390	7,296	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	393	7,332	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	396	7,384	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	398	7,438	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	401	7,488	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	404	7,532	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	405	7,579	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	406	7,647	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	409	7,738	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	412	7,825	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	414	7,884	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	416	7,959	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	420	8,044	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	426	8,137	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	435	8,237	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	445	8,332	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	455	8,423	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	468	8,502	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	485	8,565	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	504	8,626	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	516	8,689	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	518	8,756	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	530	8,834	7,666

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, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.