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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Brazil	Ecuador
Dec 31, 1999	387	174,320	12,268
Dec 31, 2000	390	176,902	12,446
Dec 31, 2001	393	179,389	12,629
Dec 31, 2002	396	181,721	12,827
Dec 31, 2003	398	183,970	13,074
Dec 31, 2004	401	186,165	13,368
Dec 31, 2005	404	188,330	13,661
Dec 31, 2006	405	190,438	13,915
Dec 31, 2007	406	192,450	14,133
Dec 31, 2008	409	194,458	14,352
Dec 31, 2009	412	196,464	14,569
Dec 31, 2010	414	198,408	14,786
Dec 31, 2011	416	200,152	15,002
Dec 31, 2012	420	201,894	15,218
Dec 31, 2013	426	203,614	15,433
Dec 31, 2014	435	205,358	15,647
Dec 31, 2015	445	207,148	15,860
Dec 31, 2016	455	208,859	16,072
Dec 31, 2017	468	210,537	16,282
Dec 31, 2018	485	212,258	16,489
Dec 31, 2019	504	213,940	16,693
Dec 31, 2020	516	215,577	16,894
Dec 31, 2021	518	216,720	17,093
Dec 31, 2022	530	217,718	17,288

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

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;

Ecuador

1833-1938: 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). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

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