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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Belgium	Portugal
Dec 31, 1999	387	10,227	10,144
Dec 31, 2000	390	10,252	10,215
Dec 31, 2001	393	10,288	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	396	10,334	10,344
Dec 31, 2003	398	10,377	10,383
Dec 31, 2004	401	10,422	10,408
Dec 31, 2005	404	10,480	10,427
Dec 31, 2006	405	10,549	10,446
Dec 31, 2007	406	10,627	10,467
Dec 31, 2008	409	10,711	10,482
Dec 31, 2009	412	10,797	10,492
Dec 31, 2010	414	10,897	10,497
Dec 31, 2011	416	11,039	10,481
Dec 31, 2012	420	11,108	10,439
Dec 31, 2013	426	11,160	10,382
Dec 31, 2014	435	11,210	10,326
Dec 31, 2015	445	11,275	10,283
Dec 31, 2016	455	11,332	10,251
Dec 31, 2017	468	11,376	10,226
Dec 31, 2018	485	11,429	10,209
Dec 31, 2019	504	11,491	10,212
Dec 31, 2020	516	11,546	10,223
Dec 31, 2021	518	11,594	10,214
Dec 31, 2022	530	11,695	10,200

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.

Portugal

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
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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