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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	Austria	Belgium	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,039	10,227	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,059	10,252	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,090	10,288	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,130	10,334	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,166	10,377	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,217	10,422	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	8,274	10,480	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	8,317	10,549	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	8,344	10,627	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	8,370	10,711	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	8,390	10,797	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	8,410	10,897	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	8,438	11,039	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,476	11,108	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,527	11,160	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,594	11,210	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,680	11,275	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,791	11,332	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,847	11,376	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,890	11,429	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,930	11,491	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,969	11,546	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	9,004	11,594	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	9,107	11,695	2,559

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

Austria

1830-1913: Kausel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen 1830 bis 1913" in Geschichte und Ergebnisse der zentralen amtlichen Statistik in Österreich 1829-1979, Beitrage zur österreichischen Statistik, Heft 550, Vienna, 1979, pp. 692-3.
1913-50: A. Kausel, N. Nemeth, and H. Seidel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen, 1913-63", Monatsberichte des Osterreichischen Institutes für Wirtschaftsforschung, 14th Sonderheft, Vienna, August 1965, p. 38 and 42;

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, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.