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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Greece	Brazil	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	10,618	174,320	387
Dec 31, 2000	10,662	176,902	390
Dec 31, 2001	10,718	179,389	393
Dec 31, 2002	10,757	181,721	396
Dec 31, 2003	10,783	183,970	398
Dec 31, 2004	10,809	186,165	401
Dec 31, 2005	10,841	188,330	404
Dec 31, 2006	10,874	190,438	405
Dec 31, 2007	10,901	192,450	406
Dec 31, 2008	10,930	194,458	409
Dec 31, 2009	10,959	196,464	412
Dec 31, 2010	10,973	198,408	414
Dec 31, 2011	10,957	200,152	416
Dec 31, 2012	10,898	201,894	420
Dec 31, 2013	10,819	203,614	426
Dec 31, 2014	10,747	205,358	435
Dec 31, 2015	10,677	207,148	445
Dec 31, 2016	10,633	208,859	455
Dec 31, 2017	10,612	210,537	468
Dec 31, 2018	10,590	212,258	485
Dec 31, 2019	10,579	213,940	504
Dec 31, 2020	10,556	215,577	516
Dec 31, 2021	10,499	216,720	518
Dec 31, 2022	10,437	217,718	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

Greece

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
1833-1913: Kostelenos G., S. Petmezas, D. Vasiliou, E. Kounaris and M. Sfakianakis, (2007), "Gross Domestic Product 1830-1939", Sources of Economic History of Modern Greece: Quantitative data and statistical series 1830-1939, Historical Archives of the National Bank of Greece, Athens.
1913-1929: C. Clark, Conditions of Economic Progress, 3rd edition, Macmillan, London, 1957; 1929-38 GNP at factor cost from Ekonomikos Tachydromos, 22 May 1954; 1938-50 from OEEC, Europe and the World Economy, Paris 1960, p.116.
1929-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

Brazil

1800 - 1870: 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)
1850–1899: 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
1900-1950: A. Maddison and Associates, The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: Brazil and Mexico, Oxford University Press, New York 1992;

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