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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Belgium	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	387	10,227	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	390	10,252	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	393	10,288	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	396	10,334	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	398	10,377	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	401	10,422	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	404	10,480	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	405	10,549	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	406	10,627	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	409	10,711	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	412	10,797	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	414	10,897	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	416	11,039	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	420	11,108	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	426	11,160	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	435	11,210	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	445	11,275	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	455	11,332	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	468	11,376	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	485	11,429	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	504	11,491	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	516	11,546	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	518	11,594	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	530	11,695	29,417

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.

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