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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Belgium	Gabon
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,227	1,143
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,252	1,179
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,288	1,207
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,334	1,234
Dec 31, 2003	278	10,377	1,262
Dec 31, 2004	279	10,422	1,297
Dec 31, 2005	280	10,480	1,340
Dec 31, 2006	281	10,549	1,384
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,627	1,434
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,711	1,487
Dec 31, 2009	285	10,797	1,542
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,897	1,600
Dec 31, 2011	287	11,039	1,656
Dec 31, 2012	288	11,108	1,714
Dec 31, 2013	289	11,160	1,778
Dec 31, 2014	290	11,210	1,843
Dec 31, 2015	291	11,275	1,905
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,332	1,966
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,376	2,025
Dec 31, 2018	293	11,429	2,083
Dec 31, 2019	294	11,491	2,139
Dec 31, 2020	294	11,546	2,193
Dec 31, 2021	295	11,594	2,246
Dec 31, 2022	295	11,695	2,292

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.

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