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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,227	51,181	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,252	52,782	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,288	54,453	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,334	56,170	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	278	10,377	57,860	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	279	10,422	59,599	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	280	10,480	61,474	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	281	10,549	63,479	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,627	65,590	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,711	67,800	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	285	10,797	70,114	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,897	72,550	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	287	11,039	75,138	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	288	11,108	77,792	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	289	11,160	80,534	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	290	11,210	83,368	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	291	11,275	86,229	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,332	89,193	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,376	92,209	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	293	11,429	95,232	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	294	11,491	98,320	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	294	11,546	101,499	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	295	11,594	104,767	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	295	11,695	108,171	23,796

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.