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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	Central African Republic	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,227	3,889	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,252	3,980	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,288	4,054	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,334	4,128	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	10,377	4,215	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	10,422	4,289	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	10,480	4,363	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	10,549	4,449	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,627	4,544	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,711	4,641	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	10,797	4,742	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,897	4,845	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	11,039	4,950	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	11,108	5,057	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	11,160	5,167	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	11,210	5,278	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	11,275	5,392	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,332	5,507	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,376	5,625	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	11,429	5,745	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	11,491	5,874	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	11,546	6,025	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	11,594	6,154	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	11,695	6,291	651

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, Central African Republic, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.