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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	Belgium	Albania	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,227	3,085	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,252	3,065	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,288	3,047	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,334	3,038	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	278	10,377	3,026	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	279	10,422	3,014	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	280	10,480	2,998	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	281	10,549	2,979	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,627	2,957	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,711	2,934	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	285	10,797	2,915	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,897	2,900	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	287	11,039	2,892	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	288	11,108	2,888	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	289	11,160	2,882	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	290	11,210	2,876	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	291	11,275	2,868	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,332	2,863	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,376	2,861	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	293	11,429	2,854	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	294	11,491	2,842	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	294	11,546	2,825	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	295	11,594	2,799	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	295	11,695	2,787	21,889

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, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.