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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Switzerland	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	387	7,258	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	390	7,296	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	393	7,332	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	396	7,384	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	398	7,438	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	401	7,488	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	404	7,532	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	405	7,579	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	406	7,647	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	409	7,738	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	412	7,825	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	414	7,884	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	416	7,959	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	420	8,044	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	426	8,137	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	435	8,237	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	445	8,332	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	455	8,423	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	468	8,502	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	485	8,565	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	504	8,626	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	516	8,689	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	518	8,756	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	530	8,834	3,570

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