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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Belgium	Chile	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	10,227	15,140	387
Dec 31, 2000	10,252	15,340	390
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	15,513	393
Dec 31, 2002	10,334	15,686	396
Dec 31, 2003	10,377	15,859	398
Dec 31, 2004	10,422	16,029	401
Dec 31, 2005	10,480	16,222	404
Dec 31, 2006	10,549	16,364	405
Dec 31, 2007	10,627	16,536	406
Dec 31, 2008	10,711	16,700	409
Dec 31, 2009	10,797	16,864	412
Dec 31, 2010	10,897	16,999	414
Dec 31, 2011	11,039	17,189	416
Dec 31, 2012	11,108	17,378	420
Dec 31, 2013	11,160	17,545	426
Dec 31, 2014	11,210	17,720	435
Dec 31, 2015	11,275	17,904	445
Dec 31, 2016	11,332	18,099	455
Dec 31, 2017	11,376	18,350	468
Dec 31, 2018	11,429	18,681	485
Dec 31, 2019	11,491	19,035	504
Dec 31, 2020	11,546	19,385	516
Dec 31, 2021	11,594	19,604	518
Dec 31, 2022	11,695	19,715	530

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

Belgium

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
1500- 1846: Buyst, E. (2011), “Towards Estimates of Long Term Growth in the Southern Low Countries, ca.1500-1846”, Results presented at the Conference on Quantifying Long Run Economic Development, Venice, 22-24 March, 2011
1846-1913: J. Gadisseur, "Contribution à l'étude de la production agricole en Belgique de 1846 à 1913", Revue belge d'histoire contemporaine, vol. IV, 1-2, 1973,
1913-1950: C. Carbonnelle, "Recherches sur levolution de la production en Belgique de 1900à 1957", Cahiers Economiques de Bruxelles, no. 3, April 1959, p. 358.

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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