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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	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,227	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,252	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,288	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,334	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	278	10,377	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	279	10,422	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	280	10,480	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	281	10,549	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,627	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,711	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	285	10,797	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,897	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	287	11,039	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	288	11,108	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	289	11,160	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	290	11,210	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	291	11,275	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,332	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,376	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	293	11,429	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	294	11,491	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	294	11,546	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	295	11,594	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	295	11,695	5,556

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.

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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.

Finland

1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

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