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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	Burkina Faso	Serbia
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,227	11,075	7,611
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,252	11,405	7,587
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,288	11,828	7,574
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,334	12,380	7,570
Dec 31, 2003	278	10,377	12,829	7,551
Dec 31, 2004	279	10,422	13,178	7,533
Dec 31, 2005	280	10,480	13,540	7,510
Dec 31, 2006	281	10,549	13,917	7,481
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,627	14,309	7,451
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,711	14,722	7,419
Dec 31, 2009	285	10,797	15,152	7,389
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,897	15,600	7,360
Dec 31, 2011	287	11,039	16,064	7,304
Dec 31, 2012	288	11,108	16,563	7,269
Dec 31, 2013	289	11,160	17,072	7,234
Dec 31, 2014	290	11,210	17,575	7,199
Dec 31, 2015	291	11,275	18,094	7,162
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,332	18,621	7,124
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,376	19,157	7,087
Dec 31, 2018	293	11,429	19,698	7,048
Dec 31, 2019	294	11,491	20,242	7,010
Dec 31, 2020	294	11,546	20,788	6,964
Dec 31, 2021	295	11,594	21,336	6,898
Dec 31, 2022	295	11,695	21,889	6,833

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.

Serbia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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