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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Brazil	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	387	174,320	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	390	176,902	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	393	179,389	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	396	181,721	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	398	183,970	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	401	186,165	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	404	188,330	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	405	190,438	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	406	192,450	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	409	194,458	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	412	196,464	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	414	198,408	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	416	200,152	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	420	201,894	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	426	203,614	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	435	205,358	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	445	207,148	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	455	208,859	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	468	210,537	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	485	212,258	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	504	213,940	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	516	215,577	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	518	216,720	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	530	217,718	3,570

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;

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