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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

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

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

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.

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