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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Mexico	Laos	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	97,242	5,286	387
Dec 31, 2000	98,403	5,397	390
Dec 31, 2001	99,599	5,499	393
Dec 31, 2002	100,863	5,578	396
Dec 31, 2003	102,132	5,654	398
Dec 31, 2004	103,334	5,746	401
Dec 31, 2005	104,508	5,836	404
Dec 31, 2006	105,738	5,931	405
Dec 31, 2007	107,083	6,035	406
Dec 31, 2008	108,554	6,145	409
Dec 31, 2009	110,061	6,257	412
Dec 31, 2010	111,468	6,368	414
Dec 31, 2011	112,826	6,477	416
Dec 31, 2012	114,163	6,586	420
Dec 31, 2013	115,471	6,695	426
Dec 31, 2014	116,757	6,804	435
Dec 31, 2015	118,017	6,912	445
Dec 31, 2016	117,444	7,019	455
Dec 31, 2017	118,799	7,127	468
Dec 31, 2018	120,289	7,234	485
Dec 31, 2019	121,872	7,343	504
Dec 31, 2020	123,260	7,452	516
Dec 31, 2021	124,462	7,560	518
Dec 31, 2022	125,247	7,666	530

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

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