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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Mali	Switzerland
Dec 31, 1999	387	10,596	7,258
Dec 31, 2000	390	10,833	7,296
Dec 31, 2001	393	10,890	7,332
Dec 31, 2002	396	11,007	7,384
Dec 31, 2003	398	11,307	7,438
Dec 31, 2004	401	11,579	7,488
Dec 31, 2005	404	11,804	7,532
Dec 31, 2006	405	12,043	7,579
Dec 31, 2007	406	12,337	7,647
Dec 31, 2008	409	12,657	7,738
Dec 31, 2009	412	12,986	7,825
Dec 31, 2010	414	13,325	7,884
Dec 31, 2011	416	13,679	7,959
Dec 31, 2012	420	14,040	8,044
Dec 31, 2013	426	14,412	8,137
Dec 31, 2014	435	14,803	8,237
Dec 31, 2015	445	15,210	8,332
Dec 31, 2016	455	15,629	8,423
Dec 31, 2017	468	16,060	8,502
Dec 31, 2018	485	16,507	8,565
Dec 31, 2019	504	16,967	8,626
Dec 31, 2020	516	17,442	8,689
Dec 31, 2021	518	17,930	8,756
Dec 31, 2022	530	18,494	8,834

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