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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Switzerland	Palestinian Territories
Dec 31, 1999	387	7,258	2,996
Dec 31, 2000	390	7,296	3,075
Dec 31, 2001	393	7,332	3,155
Dec 31, 2002	396	7,384	3,235
Dec 31, 2003	398	7,438	3,315
Dec 31, 2004	401	7,488	3,396
Dec 31, 2005	404	7,532	3,478
Dec 31, 2006	405	7,579	3,559
Dec 31, 2007	406	7,647	3,642
Dec 31, 2008	409	7,738	3,727
Dec 31, 2009	412	7,825	3,817
Dec 31, 2010	414	7,884	3,907
Dec 31, 2011	416	7,959	3,997
Dec 31, 2012	420	8,044	4,088
Dec 31, 2013	426	8,137	4,178
Dec 31, 2014	435	8,237	4,269
Dec 31, 2015	445	8,332	4,359
Dec 31, 2016	455	8,423	4,451
Dec 31, 2017	468	8,502	4,533
Dec 31, 2018	485	8,565	4,615
Dec 31, 2019	504	8,626	4,715
Dec 31, 2020	516	8,689	4,820
Dec 31, 2021	518	8,756	4,930
Dec 31, 2022	530	8,834	5,042

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, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.