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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Afghanistan	Belgium	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	10,227	273
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	10,252	274
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	10,288	275
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	10,334	276
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	10,377	278
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	10,422	279
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	10,480	280
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	10,549	281
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	10,627	282
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	10,711	283
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	10,797	285
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	10,897	286
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	11,039	287
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	11,108	288
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	11,160	289
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	11,210	290
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	11,275	291
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	11,332	291
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	11,376	292
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	11,429	293
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	11,491	294
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	11,546	294
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	11,594	295
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	11,695	295

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

Belgium

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1500- 1846: Buyst, E. (2011), “Towards Estimates of Long Term Growth in the Southern Low Countries, ca.1500-1846”, Results presented at the Conference on Quantifying Long Run Economic Development, Venice, 22-24 March, 2011
1846-1913: J. Gadisseur, "Contribution à l'étude de la production agricole en Belgique de 1846 à 1913", Revue belge d'histoire contemporaine, vol. IV, 1-2, 1973,
1913-1950: C. Carbonnelle, "Recherches sur levolution de la production en Belgique de 1900à 1957", Cahiers Economiques de Bruxelles, no. 3, April 1959, p. 358.

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