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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Austria	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	387	8,039	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	390	8,059	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	393	8,090	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	396	8,130	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	398	8,166	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	401	8,217	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	404	8,274	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	405	8,317	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	406	8,344	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	409	8,370	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	412	8,390	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	414	8,410	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	416	8,438	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	420	8,476	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	426	8,527	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	435	8,594	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	445	8,680	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	455	8,791	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	468	8,847	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	485	8,890	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	504	8,930	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	516	8,969	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	518	9,004	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	530	9,107	217,718

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

Austria

1830-1913: Kausel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen 1830 bis 1913" in Geschichte und Ergebnisse der zentralen amtlichen Statistik in Österreich 1829-1979, Beitrage zur österreichischen Statistik, Heft 550, Vienna, 1979, pp. 692-3.
1913-50: A. Kausel, N. Nemeth, and H. Seidel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen, 1913-63", Monatsberichte des Osterreichischen Institutes für Wirtschaftsforschung, 14th Sonderheft, Vienna, August 1965, p. 38 and 42;

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.