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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Thailand	Mexico
Dec 31, 1999	387	59,748	97,242
Dec 31, 2000	390	60,165	98,403
Dec 31, 2001	393	60,746	99,599
Dec 31, 2002	396	61,323	100,863
Dec 31, 2003	398	61,884	102,132
Dec 31, 2004	401	62,425	103,334
Dec 31, 2005	404	62,956	104,508
Dec 31, 2006	405	63,467	105,738
Dec 31, 2007	406	63,937	107,083
Dec 31, 2008	409	64,381	108,554
Dec 31, 2009	412	64,804	110,061
Dec 31, 2010	414	65,208	111,468
Dec 31, 2011	416	65,599	112,826
Dec 31, 2012	420	65,970	114,163
Dec 31, 2013	426	66,332	115,471
Dec 31, 2014	435	66,673	116,757
Dec 31, 2015	445	66,975	118,017
Dec 31, 2016	455	67,250	117,444
Dec 31, 2017	468	67,506	118,799
Dec 31, 2018	485	67,750	120,289
Dec 31, 2019	504	67,975	121,872
Dec 31, 2020	516	68,180	123,260
Dec 31, 2021	518	68,366	124,462
Dec 31, 2022	530	68,457	125,247

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

Thailand

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-50: Sompop Manarungsan, "Economic Development of Thailand, 1850-1950", University of Groningen, Ph. D. thesis, 1989

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

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