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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Mali	Mexico	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	97,242	387
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	98,403	390
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	99,599	393
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	100,863	396
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	102,132	398
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	103,334	401
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	104,508	404
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	105,738	405
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	107,083	406
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	108,554	409
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	110,061	412
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	111,468	414
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	112,826	416
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	114,163	420
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	115,471	426
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	116,757	435
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	118,017	445
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	117,444	455
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	118,799	468
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	120,289	485
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	121,872	504
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	123,260	516
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	124,462	518
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	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

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 Mali, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.