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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Belgium	Mexico	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	10,227	97,242	387
Dec 31, 2000	10,252	98,403	390
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	99,599	393
Dec 31, 2002	10,334	100,863	396
Dec 31, 2003	10,377	102,132	398
Dec 31, 2004	10,422	103,334	401
Dec 31, 2005	10,480	104,508	404
Dec 31, 2006	10,549	105,738	405
Dec 31, 2007	10,627	107,083	406
Dec 31, 2008	10,711	108,554	409
Dec 31, 2009	10,797	110,061	412
Dec 31, 2010	10,897	111,468	414
Dec 31, 2011	11,039	112,826	416
Dec 31, 2012	11,108	114,163	420
Dec 31, 2013	11,160	115,471	426
Dec 31, 2014	11,210	116,757	435
Dec 31, 2015	11,275	118,017	445
Dec 31, 2016	11,332	117,444	455
Dec 31, 2017	11,376	118,799	468
Dec 31, 2018	11,429	120,289	485
Dec 31, 2019	11,491	121,872	504
Dec 31, 2020	11,546	123,260	516
Dec 31, 2021	11,594	124,462	518
Dec 31, 2022	11,695	125,247	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.

Mexico

1550–1812: Arroyo Abad, L. and J.L. van Zanden (2016), “Growth under Extractive Institutions? Latin American Per Capita GDP in Colonial Times” Journal of Economic History 76(4): 1182–1215.
1812–1870: Prados de la Escosura, L., (2009), ‘Lost decades? Economic performance in post-independence Latin America’, Journal of Latin America Studies, 41, pp. 279–307. (updated data)
1870-1895: Bértola, L., & Ocampo, J. A. (2012). The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford University Press, Table A.2
1895–2003: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350

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