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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Belgium	Portugal	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	10,227	10,144	387
Dec 31, 2000	10,252	10,215	390
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	10,288	393
Dec 31, 2002	10,334	10,344	396
Dec 31, 2003	10,377	10,383	398
Dec 31, 2004	10,422	10,408	401
Dec 31, 2005	10,480	10,427	404
Dec 31, 2006	10,549	10,446	405
Dec 31, 2007	10,627	10,467	406
Dec 31, 2008	10,711	10,482	409
Dec 31, 2009	10,797	10,492	412
Dec 31, 2010	10,897	10,497	414
Dec 31, 2011	11,039	10,481	416
Dec 31, 2012	11,108	10,439	420
Dec 31, 2013	11,160	10,382	426
Dec 31, 2014	11,210	10,326	435
Dec 31, 2015	11,275	10,283	445
Dec 31, 2016	11,332	10,251	455
Dec 31, 2017	11,376	10,226	468
Dec 31, 2018	11,429	10,209	485
Dec 31, 2019	11,491	10,212	504
Dec 31, 2020	11,546	10,223	516
Dec 31, 2021	11,594	10,214	518
Dec 31, 2022	11,695	10,200	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.

Portugal

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
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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