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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Mexico	Ecuador
Dec 31, 1999	387	97,242	12,268
Dec 31, 2000	390	98,403	12,446
Dec 31, 2001	393	99,599	12,629
Dec 31, 2002	396	100,863	12,827
Dec 31, 2003	398	102,132	13,074
Dec 31, 2004	401	103,334	13,368
Dec 31, 2005	404	104,508	13,661
Dec 31, 2006	405	105,738	13,915
Dec 31, 2007	406	107,083	14,133
Dec 31, 2008	409	108,554	14,352
Dec 31, 2009	412	110,061	14,569
Dec 31, 2010	414	111,468	14,786
Dec 31, 2011	416	112,826	15,002
Dec 31, 2012	420	114,163	15,218
Dec 31, 2013	426	115,471	15,433
Dec 31, 2014	435	116,757	15,647
Dec 31, 2015	445	118,017	15,860
Dec 31, 2016	455	117,444	16,072
Dec 31, 2017	468	118,799	16,282
Dec 31, 2018	485	120,289	16,489
Dec 31, 2019	504	121,872	16,693
Dec 31, 2020	516	123,260	16,894
Dec 31, 2021	518	124,462	17,093
Dec 31, 2022	530	125,247	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

Mexico

1550–1812: Arroyo Abad, L. and J.L. van Zanden (2016), “Growth under Extractive Institutions? Latin American Per Capita GDP in Colonial Times” Journal of Economic History 76(4): 1182–1215.
1812–1870: Prados de la Escosura, L., (2009), ‘Lost decades? Economic performance in post-independence Latin America’, Journal of Latin America Studies, 41, pp. 279–307. (updated data)
1870-1895: Bértola, L., & Ocampo, J. A. (2012). The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford University Press, Table A.2
1895–2003: 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

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.