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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	Barbados	Albania	Belgium	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,085	10,227	422
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,065	10,252	430
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,047	10,288	438
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,038	10,334	447
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,026	10,377	455
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,014	10,422	463
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,998	10,480	471
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,979	10,549	478
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,957	10,627	486
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,934	10,711	494
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,915	10,797	501
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,900	10,897	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,892	11,039	516
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,888	11,108	524
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,882	11,160	531
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,876	11,210	539
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,868	11,275	546
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,863	11,332	553
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,861	11,376	562
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,854	11,429	568
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,842	11,491	574
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,825	11,546	580
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,799	11,594	585
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,787	11,695	590

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.

All data sources

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 Barbados, Albania, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.