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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Belgium	United States	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	10,227	279,040	387
Dec 31, 2000	10,252	282,162	390
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	284,969	393
Dec 31, 2002	10,334	287,625	396
Dec 31, 2003	10,377	290,108	398
Dec 31, 2004	10,422	292,805	401
Dec 31, 2005	10,480	295,517	404
Dec 31, 2006	10,549	298,380	405
Dec 31, 2007	10,627	301,231	406
Dec 31, 2008	10,711	304,094	409
Dec 31, 2009	10,797	306,772	412
Dec 31, 2010	10,897	309,327	414
Dec 31, 2011	11,039	311,583	416
Dec 31, 2012	11,108	313,878	420
Dec 31, 2013	11,160	316,060	426
Dec 31, 2014	11,210	318,386	435
Dec 31, 2015	11,275	320,739	445
Dec 31, 2016	11,332	323,072	455
Dec 31, 2017	11,376	325,122	468
Dec 31, 2018	11,429	326,838	485
Dec 31, 2019	11,491	328,330	504
Dec 31, 2020	11,546	331,512	516
Dec 31, 2021	11,594	332,032	518
Dec 31, 2022	11,695	333,288	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.

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

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