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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Belgium	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	387	10,227	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	390	10,252	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	393	10,288	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	396	10,334	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	398	10,377	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	401	10,422	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	404	10,480	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	405	10,549	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	406	10,627	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	409	10,711	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	412	10,797	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	414	10,897	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	416	11,039	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	420	11,108	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	426	11,160	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	435	11,210	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	445	11,275	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	455	11,332	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	468	11,376	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	485	11,429	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	504	11,491	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	516	11,546	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	518	11,594	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	530	11,695	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

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.

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.