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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Belgium	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	387	10,227	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	390	10,252	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	393	10,288	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	396	10,334	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	398	10,377	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	401	10,422	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	404	10,480	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	405	10,549	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	406	10,627	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	409	10,711	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	412	10,797	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	414	10,897	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	416	11,039	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	420	11,108	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	426	11,160	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	435	11,210	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	445	11,275	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	455	11,332	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	468	11,376	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	485	11,429	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	504	11,491	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	516	11,546	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	518	11,594	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	530	11,695	5,556

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.

Finland

1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

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